transmitting

[trans-mit, tranz-]

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.
EXPAND
6.
Radio and Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves).
COLLAPSE
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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Transmitting is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English transmitten < Latin trānsmittere to send across, equivalent to trāns- trans- + mittere to send

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


1. transfer, remit. 2. bear. See carry.

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transmitting

noun
the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted [syn: transmission
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