'Transmission' definitions:
Definition of 'transmission'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted [syn: transmission, transmittal, transmitting]
noun
Communication by means of transmitted signals
noun
The fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance [syn: transmittance, transmission]
noun
noun
The gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle [syn: transmission, transmission system]
Definition of 'Transmission'
From: GCIDE
- Transmission \Trans*mis"sion\, n. [L. transmissio; cf. F. transmission. See Transmit.]
- 1. The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mech.) The mechanism within a vehicle which transmits rotational power from the engine to the axle of the wheel propelling the vehicle; it includes the gears and gear-changing mechanism as well as the propeller shaft. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The process or event of sending signals by means of a radio-frequency wave from an electronic transmitter to a receiving device. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'transmission'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abalienation,
- account,
- acquaintance,
- alienation,
- amortization,
- amortizement,
- announcement,
- assignation,
- assignment,
- automatic transmission,
- bargain and sale,
- barter,
- bequeathal,
- blue book,
- briefing,
- broadcast,
- broadcasting,
- bulletin,
- carrying,
- cession,
- cogwheel,
- communication,
- communique,
- conduction,
- conferment,
- conferral,
- consignation,
- consignment,
- contagion,
- convection,
- conveyance,
- conveyancing,
- data,
- datum,
- deeding,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- demise,
- deportation,
- diapedesis,
- differential,
- differential gear,
- diffusion,
- directory,
- disclosure,
- dispatch,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- dissemination,
- enfeoffment,
- enlightenment,
- evidence,
- exchange,
- export,
- exportation,
- expulsion,
- extradition,
- facts,
- factual information,
- fade-out,
- familiarization,
- FCC,
- Federal Communications Commission,
- FM broadcasting,
- forwarding,
- freewheel,
- gear,
- gear train,
- gearbox,
- gearing,
- gearshift,
- gearwheel,
- gen,
- general information,
- giving,
- guidebook,
- handout,
- hard information,
- high,
- Hydromatic,
- impartation,
- imparting,
- impartment,
- import,
- importation,
- incidental information,
- info,
- information,
- instruction,
- intelligence,
- interchange,
- intermediate,
- knowledge,
- lease and release,
- light,
- low,
- mention,
- message,
- metastasis,
- metathesis,
- metempsychosis,
- migration,
- mixing,
- movement,
- moving,
- mutual transfer,
- neutral,
- notice,
- notification,
- osmosis,
- overdrive,
- passage,
- passing over,
- perfusion,
- presentation,
- promotional material,
- proof,
- publication,
- publicity,
- rack,
- radiobroadcasting,
- release,
- report,
- reverse,
- sale,
- sending,
- settlement,
- settling,
- sharing,
- shipment,
- shipping,
- sidelight,
- spread,
- spreading,
- standard broadcasting,
- standard transmission,
- statement,
- stick shift,
- surrender,
- synchromesh,
- telecasting,
- telling,
- the dope,
- the goods,
- the know,
- the scoop,
- tone control,
- trading,
- transduction,
- transfer,
- transfer of property,
- transference,
- transferral,
- transfusion,
- transit,
- transition,
- translation,
- translocation,
- transmigration,
- transmigration of souls,
- transmittal,
- transmittance,
- transmitting,
- transplacement,
- transplantation,
- transport,
- transportation,
- transporting,
- transposal,
- transposition,
- travel,
- vestigial transmission,
- vesting,
- volume control,
- white book,
- white paper,
- word
Words containing 'Transmission'
- Transmissibility,
- Transmissible,
- Transmissive,
- Rope transmission,
- Transmission dynamometer,
- airborne transmission,
- automatic transmission,
- direct transmission,
- hydraulic transmission,
- indirect transmission,
- standard transmission,
- transmission channel,
- transmission density,
- transmission line,
- transmission mechanism,
- transmission shaft,
- transmission system,
- transmission theory,
- transmission time,
- hydraulic transmission system,
- transmission control protocol,
- transmission control protocol/internet protocol,
- vector-borne transmission,
- vehicle-borne transmission,
- fiber-optic transmission system,
- fibre-optic transmission system