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trans⋅mit

  [trans-mit, tranz-] verb, -mit⋅ted, -mit⋅ting.
Use transmitting 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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