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.)
5. 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