trans·mis·sion (tr ns-m sh  n, trnz-)n. 1. a. The act or process of transmitting. b. The fact of being transmitted. 2. Something, such as a message, that is transmitted. 3. An automotive assembly of gears and associated parts by which power is transmitted from the engine to a driving axle. Also called gearbox. 4. The sending of a signal, picture, or other information from a transmitter. [Latin tr  nsmissi , trnsmissin-, a sending across, from trnsmissus, past participle of trnsmittere, to transmit; see transmit.]trans·mis sive (-msv) adj. |
transmission
Noun
1. the sending or passing of something, such as a message or disease from one place or person to another
2. something that is transmitted, esp. a radio or television broadcast
3. a system of shafts and gears that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicle
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  transmission - the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmittedsending - 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" telephotography - transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance |
| 2. |  transmission - communication by means of transmitted signalscommunicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" 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 | |
| 3. |  transmission - the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substancecoefficient - a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | |
| 4. | transmission - an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted incident - a single distinct event | |
| 5. |  transmission - the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axleautomatic 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) 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 |
transmission
noun 1. transfer, spread, spreading, communication, passing on, circulation, dispatch, relaying, mediation, imparting, diffusion, transference, dissemination, conveyance, channeling
Translations
transmission [trænzˈmɪʃən] n (also TV) → Übertragung f [of information] → Übermittlung f;
(Aut) → Getriebe nt
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