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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•mit•tal (trans mit′l, tranz-),USA pronunciation n. - transmission.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•mit /trænsˈmɪt, trænz-/USA pronunciation v., -mit•ted, -mit•ting. - to send (a signal, etc.) to someone receiving, or to a destination; dispatch: [~ + object]Transmit this message at once![no object]The submarine was transmitting, but there was no one to receive the signal.
- Telecommunications[~ + object] to communicate, as information or news.
- Pathology to spread (disease, etc.) to another:[~ + object]to transmit AIDS.
- Physics to cause or allow (light, heat, etc.) to pass through a medium:[~ + object]Glass transmits light.
trans•mis•si•ble/trænsˈmɪsəbəl, trænz-/USA pronunciation trans•mit•ta•ble, adj. trans•mit•tal, trans•mit•tance, n. [uncountable]See -mit-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•mit (trans mit′, tranz-),USA pronunciation v., -mit•ted, -mit•ting. v.t. - 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.
- [Radio and Television.]to emit (electromagnetic waves).
v.i. - to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.
- to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.
- Latin trānsmittere to send across, equivalent. to trāns- trans- + mittere to send
- Middle English transmitten 1350–1400
trans•mit ′ta•ble, trans•mit′ti•ble, adj. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged transfer, remit.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bear. See carry.
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