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transmission - 8 dictionary results

trans⋅mis⋅sion

[trans-mish-uhn, tranz-]
–noun
1. the act or process of transmitting.
2. the fact of being transmitted.
3. something that is transmitted.
4. Machinery.
a. transference of force between machines or mechanisms, often with changes of torque and speed.
b. a compact, enclosed unit of gears or the like for this purpose, as in an automobile.
5. Radio and Television. the broadcasting of electromagnetic waves from one location to another, as from a transmitter to a receiver.
6. Physics. transmittance.

Origin:
1605–15; < L trānsmissiōn- (s. of trānsmissiō) a sending across, equiv. to trānsmiss(us) (ptp. of trānsmittere to send across) + -iōn- -ion. See trans-, mission


trans⋅mis⋅sive [trans-mis-iv, tranz-] , adjective
trans⋅mis⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
trans⋅mis⋅sive⋅ness, noun


1, 2. transfer, passage, passing, conveyance.

trans⋅mit⋅tance

[trans-mit-ns, tranz-]
–noun
Physics. the ratio of the radiant flux transmitted through and emerging from a body to the total flux incident on it: equivalent to one minus the absorptance.
Also called transmission.


Origin:
1850–55; transmit + -ance
trans·mis·sion   (trāns-mĭsh'ən, trānz-)   
n.  
    1. The act or process of transmitting.
    2. The fact of being transmitted.
  1. Something, such as a message, that is transmitted.
  2. An automotive assembly of gears and associated parts by which power is transmitted from the engine to a driving axle. Also called gearbox.
  3. The sending of a signal, picture, or other information from a transmitter.

[Latin trānsmissiō, trānsmissiōn-, a sending across, from trānsmissus, past participle of trānsmittere, to transmit; see transmit.]
trans·mis'sive (-mĭs'ĭv) adj.

Transmission

Trans*mis"sion\, n. [L. transmissio; cf. F. transmission. See Transmit.]

1. The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another.

2. (Law) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
Language Translation for : transmission
Spanish: transmisión,
German: die Übertragung,
Japanese: 伝達

transmission 
1611, "conveyance from one place to another," from L. transmissionem (nom. transmissio) "a sending over or across, passage," from transmissus, pp. of transmittere "send over or across" (see transmit). Meaning "part of a motor vehicle that regulates power from the engine to the axle" is first recorded 1894.

Main Entry: trans·mis·sion
Pronunciation: tranz-'mi-sh&n, trans-
Function: noun
: an act, process, or instance of transmitting

Main Entry: trans·mis·sion
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'mish-&n, tranz-
Function: noun
: an act, process, or instance of transmitting<transmission of rabies> <transmission of a nerve impulse across a synapse>

transmission trans·mis·sion (trāns-mĭsh'ən, trānz-)
n.

  1. The conveyance of disease from one person to another.
  2. The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses or at myoneural junctions.

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