transmit
Americanverb (used with object)
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to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
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to communicate, as information or news.
- Synonyms:
- bear
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to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.
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to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring.
The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter.
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Physics.
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to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.
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to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).
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to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through.
Glass transmits light.
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Radio and Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves).
verb (used without object)
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to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.
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to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.
verb
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(tr) to pass or cause to go from one place or person to another; transfer
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(tr) to pass on or impart (a disease, infection, etc)
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(tr) to hand down to posterity
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(tr; usually passive) to pass (an inheritable characteristic) from parent to offspring
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to allow the passage of (particles, energy, etc)
radio waves are transmitted through the atmosphere
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to send out (signals) by means of radio waves or along a transmission line
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to broadcast (a radio or television programme)
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(tr) to transfer (a force, motion, power, etc) from one part of a mechanical system to another
Related Words
See carry.
Other Word Forms
- nontransmittible adjective
- pretransmit verb (used with object)
- retransmit verb (used with object)
- transmittable adjective
- transmittal noun
- transmittible adjective
- untransmitted adjective
Etymology
Origin of transmit
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English transmitten, from Latin trānsmittere “to send across,” from trāns- trans- + mittere “to send”
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Trigeminal neuralgia is usually caused by compression of the trigeminal nerve - which transmits sensations of pain and touch from your face, teeth and mouth to the brain.
From BBC
Most of the country was under a near-total communications blackout for weeks, making information slow to transmit and difficult to verify.
The United States declared measles eliminated in 2000, which means “there are no locally transmitted measles infections or outbreaks lasting 12 months or longer,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From Salon
"As long as there is any ability to transmit even a single bit of data, it is possible to find ways to use VPNs," Rashidi said.
From BBC
Resilience, too, is transmitted, as is a desire to preserve the love that wasn’t destroyed in the family conflagration.
From Los Angeles Times
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