transmission
noun
the act or process of transmitting.
transmissive
-
a word derived from
transmission.
Example Sentences
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One promising approach to enable proton counting during radiotherapy involves the development of high-performance thin-film detectors that are transmissive to protons.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
Fewer than a dozen states have public health emergency declarations in place, despite a rise in cases of the highly transmissive omicron subvariant known as BA.5.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
Two years and several more transmissive variants later, the shortcomings of that strategy are being laid bare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
Most importantly: The vaccine is unable to stop breakthrough infections, and omicron is highly transmissive.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2022
Diathermancy.—A great array of data with regard to the transmissive power or diathermancy of transparent substances for the heat radiated from various sources at different temperatures were collected by Melloni, Tyndall, Magnus and other experimentalists.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
