transmittableadj.
/trɑːnzˈmɪtəb(ə)l/, /tranzˈmɪtəb(ə)l/, /trɑːnsˈmɪtəb(ə)l/, /transˈmɪtəb(ə)l/, U.S. /trænzˈmɪdəbəl/, /træn(t)sˈmɪdəbəl/ rare.
That may be transmitted; transmissible. In quot. 1663, ? capable of being ‘thrown’ across.
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the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > transmitting or passing on > transmitted or passed on > able to be
communicablea1533
conveyable1577
transmittable1611
traducible1633
derivative1637
derivable1640
transmissible1644
propagatory1652
transmigrable1689
propagablea1707
transmissive1709
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Transmissible, Transmittable.
1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §73 A transmittible Gallery over any Ditch or Breach in a Town-wall.
1882 F. Darwin in Nature 20 Apr. 581/2 A heliotropic stimulus is transmittable from one part of an organ to another.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Aug. 6 A virulent, contagious and transmittable disease.
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