See Also: transmission(dictionary)
transmission(dictionary)
TRANSMISSION, civ(law)
transmission(encyclopedia)
Transmission(medicine)
transmission breakpoint(medicine)
perinatal transmission(medicine)
transovarial transmission(medicine)
non-direct transmission(medicine)
neurohumoral transmission(medicine)

transmission (iou)



transmission noun. E17.
[Latin transmissio(n-) formed as TRANS- + missio(n-): see MISSION noun.]
Conveyance or transfer from one person or place to another; the action or process of passing from one person, organism, generation, etc., to another, as by personal contact, stored information, genetic inheritance, etc. E17.
De Quincey One link in the transmission of the Homeric poems. Independent The most common mode of transmission was heterosexual intercourse.
Conveyance or passage through a medium, as of light, heat, sound, etc. Also spec., the sending out of electrical signals or electromagnetic waves; the broadcasting of radio or television programmes; an instance of this, a series of transmitted signals, a broadcast. E18.
C. G. Burge The number of channels available for radio transmission is limited. Financial Times The poor quality of the connection makes most data transmission impossible.
Mechanics. Transfer of motive force from one place to another; a device for effecting this; spec. (in full transmission-gear) a mechanism for transmitting the power of an engine etc., esp. to the axle of a motor vehicle. E20.
Comb.: transmission electron microscope a form of electron microscope in which an image is derived from electrons which have passed through the specimen; spec. one in which the whole image is formed at once, not by scanning; transmission-gear: see sense 3 above; transmission line a conductor or set of conductors designed to carry electricity (esp. on a large scale) or electromagnetic waves with minimum loss and distortion; transmission loss dissipation of electrical or acoustic power during its passage from one point to another.
transmissional adjective M20.