transmission
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: automotive
biology
human-sciences
law
linguistics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
textual-criticism
transport
vehicles
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin transmissionem (accusative of transmissio), from transmittere.
Inflected forms:
form: transmissions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: trans
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: xmission
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The fact of being transmitted.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture, or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Any vehicle with an internal combustion engine needs a transmission that can alter the gear ratio (engine RPM to wheel RPM) as the vehicle's speed changes.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The passing of a pathogen or communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The passing down of a text through time.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: outsending
Related words: transmissible
transmissive
Derived words: automated manual transmission
automatic transmission
clutchless manual transmission
continuously variable transmission
cotransmission
cross-transmission
cryo-transmission
cryo-transmission electron micrograph
cryo-transmission electron microscope
cryo-transmission electron microscopy
electric power transmission
extraordinary optical transmission
gliotransmission
heterotransmission
high-voltage transmission line
intertransmission
manual transmission
mechanotransmission
monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope
multitransmission
neurotransmission
nontransmission
overtransmission
power transmission line
pretransmission
retransmission
scanning transmission electron microscope
semi-automatic transmission
standard transmission
synchronized transmission
teletransmission
transaxle
transflection
Transmission Control Protocol
transmissioned
transmission electron diffraction
transmission electron microscope
transmission electron microscopy
transmission error
transmission fluid
transmission function
transmissionism
transmissionist
transmissionless
transmission line
transmission medium
transmission mount
transmission oil
transmission time
transmission tower
xenotransmission
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: transmissió
lang: Czech
word: vysílání
lang: Finnish
word: lähetys
lang: Finnish
word: tartunta
lang: French
word: transmission
lang: Greek
word: μετάδοση
roman: metádosi
lang: Persian
word: تراگسیل
roman: tarāgosil
lang: Portuguese
word: transmissão
lang: Swedish
word: överföring
lang: Swedish
word: transmission