trans·mit

[trans-mit, tranz-] verb, trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting.
verb (used with object)
1.
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
2.
to communicate, as information or news.
3.
to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.
4.
to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring: The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter.
5.
Physics.
a.
to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.
b.
to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).
c.
to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through: Glass transmits light.
6.
Radio and Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves).
verb (used without object)
7.
to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.
8.
to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English transmitten < Latin trānsmittere to send across, equivalent to trāns- trans- + mittere to send

Related forms
trans·mit·ta·ble, trans·mit·ti·ble, adjective
non·trans·mit·ti·ble, adjective
pre·trans·mit, verb (used with object), pre·trans·mit·ted, pre·trans·mit·ting.
re·trans·mit, verb (used with object), re·trans·mit·ted, re·trans·mit·ting.
un·trans·mit·ted, adjective

Synonyms
1. transfer, remit. 2. bear. See carry.
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transmit (trænzˈmɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb , -mits, -mitting, -mitted
1.  (tr) to pass or cause to go from one place or person to another; transfer
2.  (tr) to pass on or impart (a disease, infection, etc)
3.  (tr) to hand down to posterity
4.  (tr; usually passive) to pass (an inheritable characteristic) from parent to offspring
5.  to allow the passage of (particles, energy, etc): radio waves are transmitted through the atmosphere
6.  a.  to send out (signals) by means of radio waves or along a transmission line
 b.  to broadcast (a radio or television programme)
7.  (tr) to transfer (a force, motion, power, etc) from one part of a mechanical system to another
 
[C14: from Latin transmittere to send across, from trans- + mittere to send]
 
trans'mittable
 
—adj
 
trans'mittible
 
—adj
 
trans'mittal
 
—n

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transmit
c.1400, from L. transmittere "send across, transfer, pass on," from trans- "across" + mittere "to send." Transmitter "apparatus for receiving radio signals" is first attested 1934.
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transmit trans·mit (trāns-mĭt', trānz-)
v. trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting, trans·mits

  1. To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey.

  2. To cause to spread; pass on.

  3. To impart or convey to others by heredity or inheritance; hand down.

trans·mit'ta·ble adj.

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Example sentences
Conventional radio of this sort cannot, unfortunately, transmit video or web
  pages.
News and talk, however, transmit at much lower bit rates.
They learn and leave, and often don't stay long enough to transmit their
  knowledge to the incoming members of the lab.
Some transmit signals from the exterior to the interior.
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