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trans⋅mit

  [trans-mit, tranz-] verb, -mit⋅ted, -mit⋅ting.
Use transmit in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME transmitten < L trānsmittere to send across, equiv. to trāns- trans- + mittere to send

Related forms:
trans⋅mit⋅ta⋅ble, trans⋅mit⋅ti⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. transfer, remit. 2. bear. See carry.
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trans·mit   (trāns-mĭt', trānz-)   
v.   trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting, trans·mits

v.   tr.
  1. To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey. See Synonyms at convey, send1.
  2. To cause to spread; pass on: transmit an infection.
  3. To impart or convey to others by heredity or inheritance; hand down.
  4. To pass along (news or information); communicate.
    1. Electronics To send (a signal), as by wire or radio.
    2. Physics To cause (a disturbance) to propagate through a medium.
  6. To convey (force or energy) from one part of a mechanism to another.
v.   intr.
To send out a signal.

[Middle English transmitten, from Latin trānsmittere : trāns-, trans- + mittere, to send.]
trans·mit'ta·ble adj.
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Transmit

Trans*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transmitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmitting.] [L. transmittere, transmissum; trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F. transmettre. See Missile.]

1. To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another.

The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the gospel. --Milton.

The scepter of that kingdom continued to be transmitted in the dynasty of Castile. --Prescott.

2. To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : transmit
Spanish: transmitir,
German: übermitteln,-tragen,
Japanese: 伝える
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: trans·mit
Pronunciation: tranz-'mit, trans-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: trans·mit·ted; trans·mit·ting
1 : to send or convey from one person or place to another
2 : to transfer esp. by inheritance —trans·mit·ta·ble /-'mi-t&-b&l/ adjective —trans·mit·tal /-'mit-&l/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: trans·mit
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'mit, tranz-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: trans·mit·ted;trans·mit·ting
: to pass, transfer, or convey from one person or place to another: as a : to pass or convey by heredity <transmit a geneticabnormality> b : to convey (infection) abroad or to another transmit malaria> c : to cause (energy) to be conveyed through space or amedium transmit nerve impulses>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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