| transmission | | |
| n. (act) | 1. transmission, transmittal, transmitting | the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted. |
| ~ sending | the act of causing something to go (especially messages). |
| ~ forwarding | the act of sending on to another destination.; "the forwarding of mail to a new address is done automatically"; "the forwarding of resumes to the personnel department" |
| ~ mailing, posting | the transmission of a letter.; "the postmark indicates the time of mailing" |
| ~ telephotography | transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance. |
| n. (communication) | 2. transmission | communication by means of transmitted signals. |
| ~ communicating, communication | the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information.; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" |
| ~ impartation, imparting, conveyance | the transmission of information. |
| ~ airing, dissemination, public exposure, spreading | the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate. |
| ~ channel, transmission channel | a path over which electrical signals can pass.; "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company" |
| ~ channels | official routes of communication.; "you have to go through channels" |
| ~ mass medium, medium | (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public. |
| ~ multimedia, multimedia system | transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.). |
| ~ electronic communication | communication by computer. |
| ~ fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics, fibreoptics | the transmission of light signals via glass fibers. |
| ~ modulation | (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase. |
| ~ check character | a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission. |
| ~ uplink | a transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission. |
| ~ interrogation | a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder. |
| n. (quantity) | 3. transmission, transmittance | the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance. |
| ~ coefficient | a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic. |
| n. (event) | 4. contagion, infection, transmission | an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted. |
| ~ incident | a single distinct event. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. transmission, transmission system | the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle. |
| ~ automatic drive, automatic transmission | a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car. |
| ~ clutch | a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism.; "this year's model has an improved clutch" |
| ~ drive line, drive line system | mechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicle. |
| ~ fluid drive | an automotive power coupling. |
| ~ 4wd, four-wheel drive | a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle. |
| ~ gear mechanism, gear | a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle). |
| ~ gear box, gear case, gearbox | the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed. |
| ~ hydraulic transmission, hydraulic transmission system | a transmission that depends on a hydraulic system. |
| ~ standard transmission, stick shift | a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal. |
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