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transmit

[ trans-mit, tranz- ]

verb (used with object)

transmitted, transmitting.
  1. to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to communicate, as information or news.

    Synonyms:

  3. to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.
  4. to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring:

    The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter.

  5. Physics.
    1. to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.
    2. to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).
    3. to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through:

      Glass transmits light.

  6. Radio and Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves).


verb (used without object)

transmitted, transmitting.
  1. to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.
  2. to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.

transmit

/ ٰæԳˈɪ /

verb

  1. tr to pass or cause to go from one place or person to another; transfer
  2. tr to pass on or impart (a disease, infection, etc)
  3. tr to hand down to posterity
  4. tr; usually passive to pass (an inheritable characteristic) from parent to offspring
  5. to allow the passage of (particles, energy, etc)

    radio waves are transmitted through the atmosphere

    1. to send out (signals) by means of radio waves or along a transmission line
    2. to broadcast (a radio or television programme)
  6. tr to transfer (a force, motion, power, etc) from one part of a mechanical system to another
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ٰԲˈٳٲ, adjective
  • ٰԲˈٳٲ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٰԲ·t· ٰԲ·t· adjective
  • nonٰԲ·t· adjective
  • tԲ· verb (used with object) pretransmitted pretransmitting
  • tԲ· verb (used with object) retransmitted retransmitting
  • ܲtԲ·t adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of transmit1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English transmitten, from Latin ٰԲٳٱ “to send across,” from ٰԲ- trans- + mittere “to send”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of transmit1

C14: from Latin transmittere to send across, from trans- + mittere to send
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Synonym Study

See carry.
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Mind you, Signal has been used for some limited conversations in the military, but it is not cleared for receiving or transmitting classified data.

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Ratcliffe told a House hearing on Wednesday that he did not transmit classified information.

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So yes, all of these policies helped produce an enormous racial wealth gap, which is transmitted from one generation to the next.

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The three men were also charged with one count of electronically transmitting the contents of the document.

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If a communication system must be used to transmit top-secret information, it must be one of those developed by the government using highly secure encryptions developed especially for that purpose.

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