verb (used with object),trans·mit·ted,trans·mit·ting.
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
to communicate, as information or news.
to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.
to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring: The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter.
Physics.
to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.
to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).
to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through: Glass transmits light.
Radioand Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves).
verb (used without object),trans·mit·ted,trans·mit·ting.
to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.
to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.
Origin of transmit
1350–1400; Middle English transmitten<Latin trānsmittere to send across, equivalent to trāns-trans- + mittere to send
SYNONYMS FOR transmit
1 transfer, remit.
2 bear.
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synonym study for transmit
2. See carry.
OTHER WORDS FROM transmit
trans·mit·ta·ble,trans·mit·ti·ble,adjectivenon·trans·mit·ti·ble,adjectivepre·trans·mit,verb (used with object),pre·trans·mit·ted,pre·trans·mit·ting.re·trans·mit,verb (used with object),re·trans·mit·ted,re·trans·mit·ting.
It can be transmitted through kicked-up dust that has been in contact with dried rodent droppings.
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Tesla’s alternating current system promised to transmit electricity much greater distances than the reigning direct current setup that Edison had pioneered.
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Ruling out the shipments leaves a huge question mark over the origin of the outbreak, which broke New Zealand’s 102-day streak of no locally transmitted cases.
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The system is being used for research into treatments as well as mapping how the virus is transmitted and can be slowed.
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That means the receivers can tell if anyone is eavesdropping when the quantum key is transmitted to them, making it essentially impossible to hack the communication channel without them realizing.
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All it needs is one more “pipe” to select and transmit the crucial information.
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“Source cases” with very high HIV viral loads were six times more likely to transmit HIV to health-care workers.
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He requested a GPS device from the Americans and radio frequencies to transmit information back to the U.S. forces.
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But the cable corridors build into the panels could also house fiber-optic cable that transmit data.
Pave the Roads With Solar Panels?|The Daily Beast|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The panel systems have conduits underneath them, which house the wires that transmit the electricity generated.
Pave the Roads With Solar Panels?|The Daily Beast|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In this way, the best are selected and made to transmit to their offspring their improved condition.
The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869|Various
I transmit herewith the sixth annual report of the Commissioner of Labor.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume IX.|Benjamin Harrison
If the radio-frequency is 500,000 cycles we need a still smaller range of wave-lengths to transmit the necessary side-bands.
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son|John Mills
Be pleased to subscribe for the Leyden and Amsterdam Gazettes, and transmit them to me as opportunity offers.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX|Various
But any daughter will transmit such a character, whether dominant or recessive, to half of her sons.
Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila|Thomas Hunt Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for transmit
transmit
/ (trænzˈmɪt) /
verb-mits, -mittingor-mitted
(tr)to pass or cause to go from one place or person to another; transfer
(tr)to pass on or impart (a disease, infection, etc)
(tr)to hand down to posterity
(tr; usually passive)to pass (an inheritable characteristic) from parent to offspring
to allow the passage of (particles, energy, etc)radio waves are transmitted through the atmosphere
to send out (signals) by means of radio waves or along a transmission line
to broadcast (a radio or television programme)
(tr)to transfer (a force, motion, power, etc) from one part of a mechanical system to another