transmission

trans·mis·sion  (trns-mshn, 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.

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[Latin trnsmissi, trnsmissin-, a sending across, from trnsmissus, past participle of trnsmittere, to transmit; see transmit.]

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trans·missive (-msv) adj.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	transmission - the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted transmittal, transmitting sending - 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" mailing, posting - the transmission of a letter; "the postmark indicates the time of mailing" telephotography - transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance
	2.	transmission - communication by means of transmitted signals communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" impartation, imparting, conveyance - the transmission of information 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 substance transmittance coefficient - a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
	4.	transmission - an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted contagion, infection incident - a single distinct event
	5.	transmission - the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle transmission system automatic 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) gear box, gear case, gearbox - the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed 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

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transmission

noun 1. transfer, spread, spreading, communication, passing on, circulation, dispatch, relaying, mediation, imparting, diffusion, transference, dissemination, conveyance, channeling

noun 2. broadcasting, showing, putting out, relaying, sending

noun 3. programme, broadcast, show, production, telecast

Translations

transmission [trænzˈmɪʃən] n → transmisión f

transmission [trænzˈmɪʃən] n → transmission f

transmission [trænzˈmɪʃən] n (also TV) → Übertragung f [of information] → Übermittlung f;

(Aut) → Getriebe nt

transmission [trænzˈmɪʃən] n → trasmissione f