transmission

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PronunciationEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

From Latin transmissionem (nominative of transmissio), from transmittere.

NounEdit

transmission ‎(plural transmissions)

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.

SynonymsEdit

• outsending
• (assembly of gears): gearbox

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

automatic transmission cryo-transmission manual transmission standard transmission synchronized transmission

Transmission Control Protocol transmission electron microscope transmission line transmission medium

Related termsEdit

• transmissible
• transmissive

TranslationsEdit

act of transmitting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳輸 (zh), 传输 (zh) ‎(chuánshū)

• Czech: přenos m, vysílání n
• Estonian: ülekanne
• Finnish: lähetys (fi), lähettäminen (fi), välittäminen (fi) (information), siirto (fi) (power), tartuttaminen (fi) (disease)
• French: transmission (fr) f
• Galician: transmisión f
• German: Übertragung (de) f

• Greek: μετάδοση (el) f ‎(metádosi)
• Japanese: 転送 ‎(てんそう, tensō), 伝送 (ja) ‎(でんそう, densō)
• Portuguese: transmissão (pt) f
• Romanian: transmitere (ro) f, transmisie (ro) f
• Russian: переда́ча (ru) f ‎(peredáča), перено́с (ru) m ‎(perenós), пересы́лка (ru) f ‎(peresýlka)
• Serbo-Croatian: пренос m ‎(prenos), трансмисија f ‎(transmisija)
• Swedish: överföring (sv) c, transmission (sv) c

fact of being transmitted

• Finnish: välittyminen (fi) (information), siirtyminen (fi) (power), tarttuminen (fi) (disease)
• Greek: μετάδοση (el) f ‎(metádosi), διάδοση (el) f ‎(diádosi)

• Portuguese: transmissão (pt) f

something transmitted

• Czech: vysílání n
• Finnish: lähetys (fi), tartunta (fi)
• French: transmission (fr) f

• Greek: μετάδοση (el) f ‎(metádosi)
• Portuguese: transmissão (pt) f
• Swedish: överföring (sv) c, transmission (sv) c

passage of a nerve impulse

• Finnish: välittyminen (fi)
• Greek: μεταβίβαση (el) f ‎(metavívasi)

• Portuguese: transmissão (pt) f

assembly of gears

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變速器 (zh), 变速器 (zh) ‎(biànsùqì)

• Czech: převodovka (cs) f
• Finnish: vaihteisto (fi), voimansiirto (fi)
• French: boite de vitesses (fr) f
• Galician: transmisión f
• Georgian: კოლოფი ‎(ḳolopi)
• German: Getriebe (de) n
• Greek: κιβώτιο ταχυτήτων n ‎(kivótio tachytíton), ταχύτητες f pl ‎(tachýtites)
• Japanese: トランスミッション ‎(toransumisshon), 変速機 ‎(へんそくき, hensokuki), 変速装置 ‎(へんそくそうち, hensoku-sōchi)

• Portuguese: caixa de câmbio f
• Romanian: transmisie (ro) f, angrenaj (ro) n
• Russian: трансми́ссия (ru) f ‎(transmíssija), коро́бка переключе́ния переда́ч f ‎(koróbka pereključénija peredáč), коро́бка переда́ч (ru) f ‎(koróbka peredáč)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мењач m, мјењач m

  Roman: menjač m, mjenjač (sh) m

• Spanish: caja de cambios f
• Swedish: växellåda c

passing of a communicable disease

• French: transmission (fr)
• Italian: trasmissione (it)

• Portuguese: transmissão (pt)
• Spanish: transmisión (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} transmissió f
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} overføring
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} transmisión (es) f

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin transmissio, from transmittere.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: transmissions

NounEdit

transmission f ‎(plural transmissions)

1. transmission

Derived termsEdit

• courroie de transmission

External linksEdit

• “transmission” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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SwedishEdit

NounEdit

transmission c

1. transmission

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of transmission
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	transmission	transmissionen	transmissioner	transmissionerna
Genitive	transmissions	transmissionens	transmissioners	transmissionernas