transmission
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin transmissionem (accusative of transmissio), from transmittere.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: trănsmĭ'shən, trănzmĭ'shən IPA(key): /tɹænsˈmɪʃən/, /tɹænzˈmɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃən
Noun edit
transmission (countable and uncountable, 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.
- Hyponyms: broadcast, narrowcast
- (biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
- (automotive) 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)
- Any vehicle with an internal combustion engine needs a transmission that can alter the gear ratio (engine RPM to wheel RPM) as the vehicle's speed changes.
- (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 edit
- (several senses): outsending
Derived terms edit
- automated manual transmission
- automatic transmission
- clutchless manual transmission
- continuously variable transmission
- cotransmission
- cross-transmission
- cryo-transmission
- cryo-transmission electron micrograph
- cryo-transmission electron microscope
- cryo-transmission electron microscopy
- extraordinary optical transmission
- gliotransmission
- heterotransmission
- high-voltage transmission line
- intertransmission
- manual transmission
- mechanotransmission
- monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope
- multitransmission
- neurotransmission
- nontransmission
- overtransmission
- pretransmission
- retransmission
- scanning transmission electron microscope
- semi-automatic transmission
- standard transmission
- synchronized transmission
- teletransmission
- transaxle
- transflection
- Transmission Control Protocol
- transmissioned
- transmission electron diffraction
- transmission electron microscope
- transmission electron microscopy
- transmission function
- transmissionism
- transmissionist
- transmissionless
- transmission line
- transmission medium
- transmission mount
- transmission tower
- xenotransmission
Related terms edit
Translations edit
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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Danish edit
Noun edit
transmission c (singular definite transmissionen, plural indefinite transmissioner)
Declension edit
Declension of transmission
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | transmission | transmissionen | transmissioner | transmissionerne |
genitive | transmissions | transmissionens | transmissioners | transmissionernes |
Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin trānsmissiōnem, from transmittere.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
transmission f (plural transmissions)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: transmisyon
Further reading edit
- “transmission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish edit
Noun edit
transmission c
Declension edit
Declension of transmission | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | transmission | transmissionen | transmissioner | transmissionerna |
Genitive | transmissions | transmissionens | transmissioners | transmissionernas |