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Transmission is the act of sending something like a cold or a message, or the part of a machine that transmits power from the engine to the moving parts.

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An example of transmission is when something travels over cable wires to get to its destination.
An example of the transmission of a virus is when a person spreads a cold virus by sneezing on someone else.

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noun

1. a transmitting or being transmitted
2. 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

Origin: L transmissio < transmissus, pp. of transmittere

Related Forms:

transmissive adjective

See transmission in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The act or process of transmitting.
b. The fact of being transmitted.
Something, such as a message, that is transmitted.
An automotive assembly of gears and associated parts by which power is transmitted from the engine to a driving axle. Also called gearbox.
The sending of a signal, picture, or other information from a transmitter.

Origin:

Origin: Latin trānsmissiō, trānsmissiōn-, a sending across

Origin: , from trānsmissus

Origin: , past participle of trānsmittere, to transmit; see transmit

Related Forms:

trans·misˈsive (-mĭsˈĭv) adjective

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