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transmission
Found in thesaurus: sending, communication, communicating, coefficient, incident, gear mechanism, gear
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transmission
n.
sending; broadcast; transmittal, conveyance
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Transmission
Transmission may refer to:
- Transmission (mechanics), a gear system transmitting mechanical power, as in a car
- Transmission (telecommunications), the act of transmitting messages over distances
- Transmission (medicine), the passing of a disease
- Share transmission, ownership change through other than transfer
- Transmission (wave propagation), in physics, chemistry, and optics
- Electric power transmission, one process in the delivery of electricity to consumers
- Transmission tower, providing support for overhead power lines
- Transmission line, for the carriage of radio-frequency signals
- Data transmission, the conveyance of information from one space to another
- Dharma transmission, the formal confirmation of a student's awakening in Zen Buddhism
- Transmission (genetics), is the passing on of genetic information
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transmission
Noun
1. the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted
(synonym) transmittal, transmitting
(hypernym) sending
(hyponym) forwarding
(derivation) transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
2. communication by means of transmitted signals
(hypernym) communication, communicating
(hyponym) conveyance, imparting, impartation
(derivation) conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel
(class) check character
3. the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
(synonym) transmittance
(hypernym) coefficient
4. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
(synonym) infection, contagion
(hypernym) incident
(derivation) convey, transmit, communicate
5. the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
(synonym) transmission system
(hypernym) gear, gear mechanism
(hyponym) automatic transmission, automatic drive
(part-holonym) drive line, drive line system
(part-meronym) clutch
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Transmission (die)
nf.
transmission, sending; broadcast; transmittal, conveyance
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transmission
nf.
passing on, handing on, transmission; transference, conveyance; conveying, signalling; broadcasting, relaying
