trans·mit

(trăns-mĭt′, trănz-)

v. trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting, trans·mits

v.tr.

1. To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey. See Synonyms at send¹.

2. To cause to spread; pass on: transmit an infection.

a. To impart or convey to others by heredity.

b. To impart or convey to others by inheritance.

4. To pass along (news or information); communicate.

a. Electronics To send (a signal), as by wire or radio.

b. Physics To cause (a disturbance) to propagate through a medium.

6. To convey (force or energy) from one part of a mechanism to another.

v.intr.

To send out a signal.

[Middle English transmitten, from Latin trānsmittere : trāns-, trans- + mittere, to send.]

trans·mit′ta·ble adj.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

transmittable - (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

catching, communicable, contractable, transmissible, contagious

infectious - easily spread; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell

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