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Webster 1913 Edition
Transmission
1.
The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted;
as, the
. transmission
of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission
of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another2.
(Law)
The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
3.
(Mech.)
The mechanism within a vehicle which transmits rotational power from the engine to the axle of the wheel propelling the vehicle; it includes the gears and gear-changing mechanism as well as the propeller shaft.
4.
The process or event of sending signals by means of a radio-frequency wave from an electronic transmitter to a receiving device.
Webster 1828 Edition
Transmission
TRANSMIS'SION
,Noun.
1.
The act of sending from one place or person to another; as the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news and the like, from one country to another; or the transmission of rights,titles or privileges from father to son, and from one generation to another.2.
The passing of a substance through any body, as of light through glass.Definition 2024
transmission
transmission
English
Noun
transmission (plural transmissions)
- The act of transmitting, e.g. data 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.
- (biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
- (automotive) An assembly of gears through which power is transmitted from the engine to the driveshaft in a motor car / automobile; a gearbox.
- (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.
- (medicine, biology) The passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.
Synonyms
- outsending
- (assembly of gears): gearbox
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Translations
act of transmitting
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fact of being transmitted
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something transmitted
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passage of a nerve impulse
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assembly of gears
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passing of a communicable disease
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French
Etymology
From Latin transmissio, from transmittere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃/
- Rhymes: -ɔ̃
- Homophone: transmissions
Noun
transmission f (plural transmissions)
Derived terms
- courroie de transmission
Swedish
Noun
transmission c
Declension
| Inflection of transmission | ||||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | transmission | transmissionen | transmissioner | transmissionerna |
| Genitive | transmissions | transmissionens | transmissioners | transmissionernas |