re transmitting

verb (used with object)

to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.

to communicate, as information or news.

to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.

to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring: The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter.

Physics.

to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.

to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).

to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through: Glass transmits light.

Radio and Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves).

verb (used without object)

to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.

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)

—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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

transmit trans·mit (trāns-mĭt', trānz-)
v. trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting, trans·mits

To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey.
To cause to spread; pass on.
To impart or convey to others by heredity or inheritance; hand down.

trans·mit'ta·ble adj.

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