transmitted

trans·mit  (trns-mt, trnz-)

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 convey, send¹.

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

3. To impart or convey to others by heredity or inheritance; hand down.

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

5.

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.

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

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trans·mitta·ble adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

transmitted - occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features" genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmissible, familial heritable, inheritable - capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title"