transmission
Definitions of transmission
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the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to anothersynonyms: délivrance, remisetypes:abandonthe delivery of a principal into lawful custodydépôtthe delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the baileeextraditionthe surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)
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act of transferring property title from one person to anothertypes:délivrance, remisethe voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to anotherabandonthe delivery of a principal into lawful custodydépôtthe delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the baileetype of:mutationtransferring ownership
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the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axletype of:mécanismea mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
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the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substancetype of:coefficienta constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
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the act of passing something to another personsynonyms: passage
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the transmission of informationsynonyms: communicationtype of:communicationcommunication by means of transmitted signals
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a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)synonyms: mécanismetypes:première vitessethe lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car movingvitessethe gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
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communication by means of transmitted signalssynonyms: communicationtypes:communicationthe transmission of informationcanalofficial routes of communicationmultimedia, système multimédiatransmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)communication électroniquecommunication by computerfibre optiquethe transmission of light signals via glass fibersmodulation(electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phasepropagationthe spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regionshypermédia, système hypermédiaa multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented togetherbroadcastinga medium that disseminates via telecommunicationscommunication de donnéeselectronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers)courrier électronique, mèl(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 inprompt(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a commandmodulation de phasemodulation of the phase of the carrier wavemodulation par impulsionmodulation that imposes a signal on a train of pulsestype of:communicationthe activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
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