transmission Definition
trans·mis·sion (trans mis̸h′ən, tranz-)
noun
- a transmitting or being transmitted
- something transmitted
- the part of a motor vehicle, machine, etc. that transmits power from the engine to the driven members, as the wheels, by means of belts, fluids, gears, etc.
- the passage of radio waves through space between the transmitting station and the receiving station
Etymology: L transmissio < transmissus, pp. of transmittere
transmission Related Forms
transmission Synonyms
transmission
n.
The act of transporting
transference, conveyance, carrying, hauling, sending, transmittal, communication, transposal, deliverance, importation, exportation; see also delivery 1, transportation.The sending of radio waves
conduction, passage, broadcast, telecast, simulcast, frequency, release, radiocast, hookup*. A mechanism for transmitting power
gears, gear box, automatic transmission, fluid transmission, planetary transmission, syncromeshed, transmission, overdrive; see also device 1.
transmission Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- scrapie: Another study by the team on the transmission of scrapie - a BSE-like sheep disease - through blood transfusion has found similar results.
- vcjd: The benefits of these treatments should be carefully weighed against the risk of transmission of vCJD.
- impulse: The result is that the transmission of nerve impulses through neural networks becomes modified.
- TB: However, it remains the case that the role - if any - that badgers play in the transmission of bovine TB remains unproven.
Converse of object
prevent: The distant modem would use its CTS to prevent any transmission by the distant computer.
Adjective modifier
- onward: Such packs should be returned to the local Blood Center for onward transmission within the NBS.
- facsimile: Any notice given by e-mail or facsimile transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered on the next working day following transmission.
- maternal: They emphasized, repeatedly, the importance of the study of offspring of affected cattle in order to check for maternal transmission.
- synaptic: In mice, myosin V mutations lead to defects in synaptic transmission.
- automatic: The fully automatic 4WD transmission regulates traction on the four wheels from 0 to 100 % according to grip.
- neuromuscular: Hodes, R. ( 1948 ) Electromyographic study of defects of neuromuscular transmission in human poliomyelitis.
Modifies a noun
- microscopy: Transmission Electron Microscopy ( TEM ): This is a set of resources designed to accompany an introductory course on transmission electron microscopy.
- electron: The image was acquired using electron holography in a field emission gun transmission electron microscope.
- microscope: The image was acquired using electron holography in a field emission gun transmission electron microscope.
Noun used with modifier
- mother-to-child: This has helped to reduce rates of mother-to-child transmission dramatically.
- human-to-human: There have been no known cases of human-to-human transmission during the current outbreak.
- person-to-person: Most alarming would be a situation in which person-to-person transmission resulted in successive generations of severe disease with high mortality.
- data: Generally data transmission speeds in excess of 1 Mbps.
- analog: The existing network comprises a switching system, which is 74 % digital with an analog transmission system throughout.
- electricity: In 1977, there had only been 443 kilometers of electricity transmission line in the country.
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