# transmit

Pronunciation: say "tranz-MIT" /tɹænsˈmɪt/

## Verb

1. To communicate news or information to others, especially by electronic means.
   - Simple: To pass news or information to others, often by using electronics.
   - _Embassies transmit sensitive information through encrypted channels._
   - _Correspondents in the war zone transmitted nightly, filing their reports over a crackling satellite phone._
2. To send out a signal, rather than receive one.
   - Simple: To send out a signal instead of taking one in.
   - _The station transmits its broadcast on a fixed frequency._
   - _Press and hold to transmit; release to listen._
3. To carry something such as a disease or signal to a new recipient.
   - Simple: To pass a disease or signal on to someone or something else.
   - _Infected ticks transmit the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease._
   - _The faulty cable transmitted interference into every channel._
4. To send something elsewhere or pass it on to someone or something else.
   - Simple: To send something from one person or place to another.
   - _The courier was asked to transmit the documents directly to the embassy._
   - _Ancient scribes transmitted royal decrees across the empire._
5. To serve as the means by which energy or force passes from one place to another.
   - Simple: To carry energy or force through a part or material from one place to another.
   - _The drive shaft transmits torque from the gearbox to the rear axle._
   - _Dense materials transmit vibrations more efficiently than air does._
6. To pass something down to one's offspring through inheritance or heredity.
   - Simple: To pass something down to children through birth, such as a trait or feature.
   - _Both parents transmit genetic traits to their offspring._
   - _A carrier can transmit the disorder without ever developing it._
7. To go out, or to be sent, conveyed, spread, or communicated.
   - Simple: To go out or be sent, spread, or passed on to others.
   - _Low-frequency waves transmit farther than high-frequency ones._
   - _The message transmitted instantly across the network._

## Origin

From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō ("transmit"), literally meaning "across-send."

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