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
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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

Transmission Sentence Examples

  • You received my latest transmission of the cities that are beyond repair?

  • Thus he approximates to the wave theory of light, though he supposed that the transmission of light was instantaneous.

  • The automatic transmission selector lever is on the steering column.

  • Do you like to drive with an automatic or manual transmission?

  • The application of this apparatus to the transmission of music was described by Gray.'

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

Words Ending With

NONION

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