Definitions for transmission

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transmission trans·mis·sion

Spelling: [trans-mish-uh n, tranz-]

IPA: /trænsˈmɪʃ ən, trænz-/

Transmission is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 810 anagrams from letters in transmission (aiimnnorssst).

Definitions for transmission

noun

1. the act or process of transmitting.
2. the fact of being transmitted.
3. something that is transmitted.
4. Machinery. transference of force between machines or mechanisms, often with changes of torque and speed. a compact, enclosed unit of gears or the like for this purpose, as in an automobile.
5. Radio and Television. the broadcasting of electromagnetic waves from one location to another, as from a transmitter to a receiver.
6. Physics. transmittance.

Origin of transmission

1605-15; Latin trānsmissiōn- (stem of trānsmissiō) a sending across, equivalent to trānsmiss(us) (past participle of trānsmittere to send across) + -iōn- -ion. See

Examples for transmission

Education controls the transmission of values and molds the spirit before dominating the soul.

These people believe education about HIV transmission mitigates the fears that performers carry.

There have been few credible studies linking the transmission of the virus between animals and humans.

In the zany we see an example of creation; in the humorist, of transmission.

They seemed a little creepy to me, particular the song “transmission.”

Distribution: system of property, transmission, contracts, profit-sharing.

After all, an enormous amount is known about Ebola and its transmission.

The will-power is the same, but the mechanical contrivances for its transmission are wanting.

A third process was the creation and transmission of all that we mean by civilization.

They are really channels for the transmission, adequate or inadequate, of sense impressions.