transmission
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- xmission (abbreviation)
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin transmissionem (nominative of transmissio), from transmittere.
PronunciationEdit
- enPR: trănsmĭ'shən, trănzmĭ'shən IPA(key): /tɹænsˈmɪʃən/, /tɹænzˈmɪʃən/
Audio (RP) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃən
NounEdit
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.
- (biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
- (automotive) An assembly of gears through which power is transmitted from the engine to the driveshaft in a motor car / automobile; a gearbox.
- (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.
SynonymsEdit
- outsending
- (assembly of gears): gearbox
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TranslationsEdit
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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DanishEdit
NounEdit
transmission c (singular definite transmissionen, plural indefinite transmissioner)
DeclensionEdit
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 readingEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin transmissio, transmissionem, from transmittere.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
transmission f (plural transmissions)
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DescendantsEdit
- → Turkish: transmisyon
Further readingEdit
- “transmission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
transmission c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of transmission | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | transmission | transmissionen | transmissioner | transmissionerna |
Genitive | transmissions | transmissionens | transmissioners | transmissionernas |