Search Results
Advanced Search
List Builder
Random Word

transmission

Transmission is the act of transferring something from one spot to another, like a radio or TV broadcast, or a disease going from one person to another.

The noun transmission comes from the Latin word transmissio, which means “sending over or across, passage.” The transmission of a message is the delivery of the message. Transmission can also be a communication sent out by radio or television, while the transmission of a disease is the passing of that virus or bacteria between people. A vehicle’s transmission is the part of the engine that uses the energy created by the burning fuel to make the axle turn.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: transmission

1	n	communication by means of transmitted signals
2	n	the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
3	n	an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
4	n	the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: transmission

n communication by means of transmitted signals

Types:: show 24 types...; hide 24 types...; conveyance, impartation, imparting
the transmission of information; airing, dissemination, public exposure, spreading
the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate; channel, transmission channel
a path over which electrical signals can pass; channels
official routes of communication; mass medium, medium
(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public; multimedia, multimedia system
transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.); electronic communication
communication by computer; fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics, fibreoptics
the transmission of light signals via glass fibers; modulation
(electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase; uplink
a transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission; interrogation
a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder; circulation
the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines); extension, propagation
the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions; hypermedia, hypermedia system, interactive multimedia, interactive multimedia system
a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together; broadcast medium, broadcasting
a medium that disseminates via telecommunications; data communication, digital communication
electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers); e-mail, electronic mail, email
(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in; electronic messaging, messaging
the sending and processing of e-mail by computer; command prompt, prompt
(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command; AM, amplitude modulation
modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave; FM, frequency modulation
modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave; PM, phase modulation
modulation of the phase of the carrier wave; pulse modulation
modulation that imposes a signal on a train of pulses; giving
the imparting of news or promises etc.

Type of:: communicating, communication
the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

n the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted

Synonyms:: transmittal, transmitting

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; forwarding
the act of sending on to another destination; mailing, posting
the transmission of a letter; telephotography
transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance; referral
the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency); radiophotography
transmission of photographs by radio waves

Type of:: sending
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)

n the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle

Synonyms:: transmission system

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; automatic drive, automatic transmission
a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car; 4WD, four-wheel drive
a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle; hydraulic transmission, hydraulic transmission system
a transmission that depends on a hydraulic system; standard transmission, stick shift
a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal

Type of:: gear, gear mechanism
a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

n an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

Synonyms:: contagion, infection

Type of:: incident
a single distinct event

n the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance

Synonyms:: transmittance

Type of:: coefficient
a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic

Learn Launch

WORD FAMILY

USAGE EXAMPLES