transmission medium

transmission medium definition - telecom
Something that passively supports or allows the conveyance or transmission of a signal, a transmission medium is not necessarily a tangible thing that can be touched.Transmission media can be categorized a number of ways:

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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