transmit

[ trans-mit, tranz- ]

/ trænsˈmɪt, trænz- /

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verb (used with object), trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting.

to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.

to communicate, as information or news.

to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.

to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring: The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter.

Physics.

to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.
to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).
to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through: Glass transmits light.

Radio and Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves).

verb (used without object), trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting.

to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.

to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.

Nearby words

transmission, transmission density, transmission line, transmissivity, transmissometer, transmit, transmittal, transmittance, transmittancy, transmitter, transmittivity

Origin of transmit

1350–1400; Middle English transmitten < Latin trānsmittere to send across, equivalent to trāns- trans- + mittere to send

SYNONYMS FOR transmit

1 transfer, remit.

2 bear.

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Related forms

trans·mit·ta·ble, trans·mit·ti·ble, adjectivenon·trans·mit·ti·ble, adjectivepre·trans·mit, verb (used with object), pre·trans·mit·ted, pre·trans·mit·ting.re·trans·mit, verb (used with object), re·trans·mit·ted, re·trans·mit·ting.

un·trans·mit·ted, adjective

Synonym study

2. See carry.

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Examples from the Web for transmit

All it needs is one more “pipe” to select and transmit the crucial information.
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“Source cases” with very high HIV viral loads were six times more likely to transmit HIV to health-care workers.
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He requested a GPS device from the Americans and radio frequencies to transmit information back to the U.S. forces.
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But the cable corridors build into the panels could also house fiber-optic cable that transmit data.
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The panel systems have conduits underneath them, which house the wires that transmit the electricity generated.
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In this way, the best are selected and made to transmit to their offspring their improved condition.
The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869|Various
I transmit herewith the sixth annual report of the Commissioner of Labor.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume IX.|Benjamin Harrison
If the radio-frequency is 500,000 cycles we need a still smaller range of wave-lengths to transmit the necessary side-bands.
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son|John Mills
Be pleased to subscribe for the Leyden and Amsterdam Gazettes, and transmit them to me as opportunity offers.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX|Various
But any daughter will transmit such a character, whether dominant or recessive, to half of her sons.
Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila|Thomas Hunt Morgan

British Dictionary definitions for transmit

transmit

/ (trænzˈmɪt) /

verb -mits, -mitting or -mitted

(tr) to pass or cause to go from one place or person to another; transfer

(tr) to pass on or impart (a disease, infection, etc)

(tr) to hand down to posterity

(tr; usually passive) to pass (an inheritable characteristic) from parent to offspring

to allow the passage of (particles, energy, etc)radio waves are transmitted through the atmosphere

to send out (signals) by means of radio waves or along a transmission line
to broadcast (a radio or television programme)

(tr) to transfer (a force, motion, power, etc) from one part of a mechanical system to another

Derived Forms

transmittable or transmittible, adjectivetransmittal, noun

Word Origin for transmit

C14: from Latin transmittere to send across, from trans- + mittere to send

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Medicine definitions for transmit

transmit

[ trăns-mĭt′, trănz- ]

v.

To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey.

To cause to spread; pass on.

To impart or convey to others by heredity or inheritance; hand down.

Related forms

trans•mit′ta•ble adj.