transmission

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English

Alternative forms

• trans (abbreviation)
• xmission (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin transmissionem (accusative of transmissio), from transmittere.

Pronunciation

• enPR: trănsmĭ'shən, trănzmĭ'shən IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈmɪʃən/, /tɹænzˈmɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

transmission (countable and uncountable, plural transmissions)

2. The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
3. The fact of being transmitted.
4. Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture, or a disease; the sending of such a thing.

   Hyponyms: broadcast, narrowcast

5. (biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
7. (automotive, trucking, heavy equipment) 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).

   Synonyms: gearbox (metonymically), tranny (informal)

   Hyponyms: automatic transmission, continuously variable transmission, CVT, DCT, MCT, manual transmission, semi-automatic transmission, stickshift, stick shift; slushbox (informal)

8. (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.
10. (medicine, biology) The passing of a pathogen or communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.

Synonyms

• (several senses): outsending

Derived terms

Related terms

• transmissible
• transmissive

Translations

Danish

Noun

transmission c (singular definite transmissionen, plural indefinite transmissioner)

1. transmission

Declension

Further reading

• “transmission” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “transmission” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsmissiōnem, from transmittere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: transmissions

Noun

transmission f (plural transmissions)

1. transmission

Derived terms

• courroie de transmission

Related terms

• transmettre

Descendants

• → Turkish: transmisyon

Further reading

• “transmission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Noun

transmission c

1. transmission

Declension