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transmit
[trans-mit, tranz-]
verb (used with object)
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
to communicate, as information or news.
Synonyms: bearto 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)
to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.
to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.
transmit
/ trænzˈmɪt /
verb
(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
Other Word Forms
- transmittable adjective
- transmittible adjective
- nontransmittible adjective
- pretransmit verb (used with object)
- retransmit verb (used with object)
- untransmitted adjective
- transmittal noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of transmit1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The latter is transmitted by lice and produces alternating periods of fever and recovery.
"Isolated indigenous peoples are very vulnerable - epidemiologically, any contact could transmit diseases, and even the simplest ones could wipe them out," says Issrail Aquisse from the Peruvian indigenous rights group, Femanad.
These vibrations can transmit and store information at terahertz speeds.
Their study, published in Nature Communications, reveals that RNA, typically known for transmitting genetic messages, can be hijacked to build liquid-like "droplet hubs" inside the cell nucleus.
But the story of orange prices does also show how an upward price shock gets transmitted around the world far more quickly than a downward one.
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