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transmission
/tɹænˈsmɪʃən/
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What does transmission mean?
noun
- The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
- The fact of being transmitted.
- Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture, or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
More meanings (5)
noun
- The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
- A device, usually an assembly of gears (gearbox) plus a clutch or torque converter, through which power is sent from the engine to the driveshaft in an automobile (motor car or motor truck).
- The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
- The passing of a pathogen or communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.
- The passing down of a text through time.
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IPA pronunciation
/tɹænˈsmɪʃən/
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The man who entertains such conceptions, will not unfrequently want the steadiness of nerve which is required for their adequate transmission.
The iron pin and the drum were respectively connected so as to be in circuit with the transmission line and batteries.
More book examples (3)
Society not only continues to exist by transmission, by communication, but it may fairly be said to exist in transmission, in communication.
Darwin was just as convinced as Lamarck of the transmission of acquired characters and its great importance in the scheme of evolution.
A long series of blind gropings eventually hit upon the most favourable combination, a combination henceforth to be perpetuated by hereditary transmission.