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transmission Definition

trans·mis·sion (trans mis̸h′ən, tranz-)

noun

    1. a transmitting or being transmitted
    2. something transmitted
  2. 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.
  3. 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

trans·mis′·sive adjective

transmission Synonyms

transmission

n.

  1. The act of transporting

    transference, conveyance, carrying, hauling, sending, transmittal, communication, transposal, deliverance, importation, exportation; see also delivery 1, transportation.

  2. The sending of radio waves

    conduction, passage, broadcast, telecast, simulcast, frequency, release, radiocast, hookup*.

  3. 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.