transmission
Other forms: transmissions
Transmission is the act of transferring something from one spot to another, like a radio or TV broadcast, or a disease going from one person to another.
The noun transmission comes from the Latin word transmissio, which means “sending over or across, passage.” The transmission of a message is the delivery of the message. Transmission can also be a communication sent out by radio or television, while the transmission of a disease is the passing of that virus or bacteria between people. A vehicle’s transmission is the part of the engine that uses the energy created by the burning fuel to make the axle turn.
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communication by means of transmitted signalstypes:airing, dissemination, public exposure, spreadingthe opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debatechannelsofficial routes of communicationmass medium, mediuma technology that is used to to disseminate information or entertainment widely to the publicmultimedia, multimedia systemtransmissions that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)electronic communicationcommunication by computerfiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics, fibreopticsthe transmission of light signals via glass fibersmodulation(electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phaseuplinka transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmissioninterrogationa transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transpondercirculationthe dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)hypermedia, hypermedia system, interactive multimedia, interactive multimedia systema multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented togetherdata communication, digital communicationelectronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers)e-mail, electronic mail, email(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs incommand prompt, prompt(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a commandpulse modulationmodulation that imposes a signal on a train of pulsesgivingthe imparting of news or promises etc.podcasta digital audio file made available on the internet for playback on a mobile device or personal computertype of:
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the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmittedsynonyms: transmittal, transmittingtypes:forwardingthe act of sending on to another destinationtelephotographytransmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distancereferralthe act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)radiophotographytransmission of photographs by radio wavestype of:sendingthe act of causing something to go (especially messages)
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the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axlesynonyms: transmission systemtypes:automatic drive, automatic transmissiona transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car4WD, four-wheel drivea transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehiclehydraulic transmission, hydraulic transmission systema transmission that depends on a hydraulic systemstandard transmission, stick shifta transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedaltype of:gear, gear mechanisma mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
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an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
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the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substancesynonyms: transmittancetype of:coefficienta constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
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