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transmit definition

trans·mit (trans mit′, tranz-)

transitive verb transmitted -·mit′·ted, transmitting -·mit′·ting

  1. to send or cause to go from one person or place to another, esp. across intervening space or distance; transfer; dispatch; convey
  2. to pass along; impart (a disease, etc.)
  3. to hand down to others by heredity, inheritance, etc.
  4. to communicate (news, etc.)
    1. to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through air or some other medium the sun transmits heat and light
    2. to allow the passage of; conduct water transmits sound
  6. to convey (force, movement, etc.) from one mechanical part to another
  7. to send out (radio or television broadcasts, etc.) by electromagnetic waves

Etymology: ME transmitten < L transmittere < trans-, trans- + mittere, to send: see mission

intransitive verb

to send out radio or television signals

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transmit Synonyms

transmit

v.

  1. To send

    dispatch, forward, convey, broadcast; see send 1, 4.

  2. To carry

    pass on, transfer, communicate, carry, spread, pass along, convey, impart, hand down, bequeath; see also carry 2, give 1, send 2. See syn. study at carry.


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transmit Usage Examples

Object

  • signal: Devices transmit digital signals without the use of an analog based carrier signal.

Preposition: on

  • frequency: An input signal at port 1 transmits on one frequency, whilst at port 2 signals are simultaneously received on another frequency.

Modifying Another Word

  • electronically: Your Purchase We electronically transmit the completion funds to the seller's solicitors.
  • sexually: The notion of a sexually transmitted disease still has great stigma attached.

Preposition: by

  • mosquito: Malaria Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease transmitted by mosquitoes.
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