transmission
trans·mis·sion
noun
1.
the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted
2.
communication by means of transmitted signals
4.
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
5.
the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
Origin
Borrowed from Latin transmissionem (accusative of transmissio), from transmittere.
Phrases
- automated manual transmission
- automatic transmission
- clutchless manual transmission
- continuously variable transmission
- cryo-transmission electron micrograph
- cryo-transmission electron microscope
- cryo-transmission electron microscopy
- electric power transmission
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