# transmission

Pronunciation: US say "trans-MISH-uhn" /tɹænsˈmɪʃən/; UK

## Noun

1. An assembly of gears with a clutch or torque converter that sends power from the engine to the driveshaft in a car or truck.
   - Simple: The set of gears that sends power from a car's engine to its wheels.
   - _The new transmission shifted gears more smoothly than the old one._
   - _Engineers tested the transmission under heavy load on steep grades._
2. The act of transmitting something such as data, signals, or electric power.
   - Simple: The act of sending data, signals, or electric power from one place to another.
   - _The transmission of the live broadcast was delayed by a few seconds._
   - _Faults in the cable interrupted the transmission of power to the village._
3. Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture, or disease, or the act of sending it.
   - Simple: Something that is sent out, such as a message or picture, or the act of sending it.
   - _The evening transmission carried news from the capital._
   - _Static disrupted the transmission halfway through the program._
4. The passing of a pathogen or communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to others of the same kind.
   - Simple: The way a disease passes from one infected person or animal to another.
   - _Public health measures slowed the transmission of the virus between households._
   - _Researchers traced the transmission of the infection back to a single farm._
5. The fact of being passed on or sent from one place, person, or thing to another.
   - Simple: The state of having been sent or passed on from one place to another.
   - _The transmission of cultural values from one generation to the next shapes a society._
   - _Records show the transmission of the order reached the front lines by dawn._
6. The passage of a nerve impulse across the synapses between nerve cells.
   - Simple: The way a nerve signal moves from one nerve cell to the next.
   - _Certain toxins block the transmission of impulses between neurons._
   - _Researchers studied how the transmission of signals changes during sleep._
7. The right of an heir or legatee to pass on to their successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege they are entitled to, even if they die without enjoying or exercising it.
   - Simple: The right of a person who inherits something to pass it on to their heirs, even if they die before using it.
   - _By the rule of transmission, the legacy passed to her sons despite her early death._
   - _The court applied transmission to confirm that the heir's entitlement reached his successors._

## Origin

Borrowed from Latin transmissionem, the accusative of transmissio, which comes from the verb transmittere.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/transmission (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).