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transmission
  1. The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power.
  2. The fact of being transmitted.
  3. Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
  4. (biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
  5. (automotive) An assembly of gears through which power is transmitted from the engine to the driveshaft in a motor car / automobile; a gearbox.
  6. (law) 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.
  7. (medicine, biology) The passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “You are witnessing the first public demonstration of the transmission of data from a computer into outer space for relay via a communications satellite.”
      “Walls or partitions shall be constructed and installed in such a manner as to prevent the transmission of dust to adjacent areas.”
      “Come spend the evening or afternoon watching a transmission of a live performance at the Met.”
transmitter
  1. something that transmits something (in all senses).
  2. an electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech, music, TV or other sources, and broadcasts the resulting signal from an antenna.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “They'll be radioing with this transmitter before their most recent message gets to the Bruton Corridor.”
      “The transmitter generates low FM signals, which have a long wavelength, considerably longer than the circuit board itself.”
      “This current sets up a magnetic field which oscillates in phase with the transmitter current.”
transmissionist
  1. A person who believes that the brain only transmits consciousness rather than originating it.
  2. (education) One who favours, or uses, a teaching style focused on transmitting facts without regard to the individual student.
transmissivity
  1. (physics) A measure of the capacity of a material to transmit radiation (the ratio of the amounts of energy transmitted and received)
  2. (geology) A measure of the the capacity of a saturated aquifer to transmit water horizontally. SI units: m²/s. Symbol: T.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Solar transmissivity in new windows is controlled through the use of tinted or coated glazings.”
      “Second, only cloudless sky conditions are modeled, nevertheless a range of aerosol loadings may be achieved by modifying the transmissivity.”
      “Horizontal-surface irradiance depends on earth-sun distance, solar elevation angle and atmospheric transmissivity.”
transmittance
  1. a transmission
  2. (physics) the fraction of incident light, or other radiation, that passes through a substance
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The data reduction can be visualized as the transmittance of data from a lower level of the data pyramid.”
      “The apparatus determines the transmittance of light through the sample leaf at two wavelengths.”
      “Using a spectrometer, the transmittance spectrum is measured in a number of small regions in a stained tissue slide.”
transmittal
  1. the act of transmitting a message; a transmission
  2. (construction) Item of correspondence.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “To use the procedure in NAFO, a Contracting Party has 60 days from the date of transmittal by the NAFO Secretariat to object to a NAFO decision.”
      “Of course, such a transmittal of a notice might be easier, simpler and quicker in an electronic system rather than in a paper-based system.”
      “Stach explains that his somewhat unusual manner of transmittal over the years has to do with the availability of biographical materials.”
transmissibility
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being transmissible
  2. (countable) The extent to which something is transmissible
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  4. Examples:
    1. “At the moment, it is generally agreed that smallpox has the best mixture of transmissibility and deadliness to do the job effectively.”
      “But here, too, transmissibility can be reduced dramatically. A first way of doing this is to test pregnant women to see if they have the virus.”
      “Further the issue of transmissibility of price changes and the reasons for the gap between producer and consumer prices need to be studied.”
transmissionism
  1. (education) A teaching style focused on transmitting facts without regard to the individual student.
transmissometer
  1. An optical instrument used to measure the transmission of light through a material.
transmittivity
  1. (physics) A measure of transmittance.
transmitting
transmitivity
transmissibilities
transmissionists
  1. plural of transmissionist
transmissometers
  1. plural of transmissometer
transmissivities
  1. plural of transmissivity
transmittances
transmitivities
  1. plural of transmitivity
transmissions
  1. plural of transmission
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The Ambassador was slightly affronted, but nevertheless he made some transmissions.”
      “Immediately below the vision aerial is the aerial for the accompanying sound transmissions.”
      “Sumek, whose family owns Lenco transmissions, has raced the car sporadically the last couple of years.”
transmittals
transmitters
  1. plural of transmitter
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  3. Examples:
    1. “As transmitters are switched on and new areas receive BBC digital radio broadcasts the postcode checker on the website will also be updated.”
      “This relays a signal which is picked up by mobile phone transmitters along the rail route.”
      “These are transmitters that use radio waves to communicate with mobile phone handsets.”
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