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transmission

[ trans-mish-uhn, tranz- ]
/ trænsˈmɪʃ ən, trænz- /
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noun

the act or process of transmitting.
the fact of being transmitted.
something that is transmitted.
Machinery.
  1. transference of force between machines or mechanisms, often with changes of torque and speed.
  2. a compact, enclosed unit of gears or the like for this purpose, as in an automobile.
Radio and Television. the broadcasting of electromagnetic waves from one location to another, as from a transmitter to a receiver.
Physics. transmittance.

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Nearby words

transmigration, transmisogyny, transmissible, transmissible encephalopathy, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, transmission, transmission density, transmission line, transmissive, transmissively, transmissivity

Origin of transmission

1605–15; < Latin trānsmissiōn- (stem of trānsmissiō) a sending across, equivalent to trānsmiss(us) (past participle of trānsmittere to send across) + -iōn- -ion. See trans-, mission

SYNONYMS FOR transmission

1, 2 transfer, passage, passing, conveyance.

Related forms

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British Dictionary definitions for transmissive

transmission

/ (trænzˈmɪʃən) /

noun

Derived Forms

Word Origin for transmission

C17: from Latin transmissiō a sending across; see transmit
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for transmissive

transmission

[ trăns-mĭsh′ən, trănz- ]

n.

The conveyance of disease from one person to another.
The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses or at myoneural junctions.
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