Transmission Definition

trăns-mĭshən, trănz-
transmissions
noun
transmissions
The act or process of transmitting.
American Heritage
A transmitting or being transmitted.
Webster's New World
Something transmitted.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World
The passage of radio waves through space between the transmitting station and the receiving station.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Transmission

Noun

Singular:
transmission
Plural:
transmissions

Origin of Transmission

  • Latin trānsmissiō trānsmissiōn- a sending across from trānsmissus past participle of trānsmittere to transmit transmit

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin transmissionem (nominative of transmissio), from transmittere.

    From Wiktionary

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