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trans·mit
(trăns-mĭt′, trănz-)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 send1.
2. To cause to spread; pass on: transmit an infection.
3.
a. To impart or convey to others by heredity.
b. To impart or convey to others by inheritance.
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.
[Middle English transmitten, from Latin trānsmittere : trāns-, trans- + mittere, to send.]
trans·mit′ta·ble adj.
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transmit
(trænzˈmɪt)vb, -mits, -mitting or -mitted
1. (tr) to pass or cause to go from one place or person to another; transfer
2. (Medicine) (tr) to pass on or impart (a disease, infection, etc)
3. (tr) to hand down to posterity
4. (Genetics) (tr; usually passive) to pass (an inheritable characteristic) from parent to offspring
5. (General Physics) to allow the passage of (particles, energy, etc): radio waves are transmitted through the atmosphere.
6. (Broadcasting)
a. to send out (signals) by means of radio waves or along a transmission line
b. to broadcast (a radio or television programme)
7. (Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to transfer (a force, motion, power, etc) from one part of a mechanical system to another
[C14: from Latin transmittere to send across, from trans- + mittere to send]
transˈmittable, transˈmittible adj
transˈmittal n
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trans•mit
(trænsˈmɪt, trænz-)v. -mit•ted, -mit•ting. v.t.
1. to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination.
2. to communicate, as information.
3. to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.
4. to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring.
5.
a. to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.
b. to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through: Glass transmits light.
c. to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).
6. Radio and Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves).
v.i. 7. to send a signal by radio waves or by wire.
[1350–1400; < Latin trānsmittere to send across =trāns- trans- + mittere to send]
trans•mit′tal, n.
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transmit
Past participle: transmitted
Gerund: transmitting
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| Verb | 1. | transmit - transfer to another; "communicate a disease" communicate, pass along, put across, pass on, pass - transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" transfer - move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" |
| 2. |  transmit - transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"convey, express, carry - serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" bring, convey, take - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" wash up - carry somewhere (of water or current or waves); "The tide washed up the corpse" pipe in - bring in through pipes; "Music was piped into the offices" bring in - transmit; "The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine" retransmit - transmit again carry - be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house" | |
| 3. |  transmit - broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song"broadcast medium, broadcasting - a medium that disseminates via telecommunications satellite - broadcast or disseminate via satellite sportscast - broadcast a sports event interrogate - transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication rebroadcast, rerun - broadcast again, as of a film | |
| 4. |  transmit - send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"fetch, bring, get, convey - go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" project - transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another propagate - transmit; "propagate sound or light through air" translate - bring to a certain spiritual state |
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transmit
verb
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
transmit
verb2. To cause (something) to be conveyed to a destination:
3. To cause (a disease) to pass to another or others:
4. To convey (something) from one generation to the next:
5. To make known:
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Translations
يُرْسِل باللاسِلْكييَنْقُل
předatpřenéstvysílat
overføretransmittere
senda ; breiîa útsenda út
siųstuvas
nosūtītpārnestpārraidīt
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
transmit
[trænzˈmɪt] vt (= pass on) [+ data, disease] → transmettre
(= broadcast) [+ signal, programme] → retransmettre
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
transmit
vt (= convey) message → übermitteln; sound waves → übertragen; information, knowledge → vermitteln, übermitteln; illness → übertragen; (by heredity) → vererben; heat etc → leiten; radio/TV programme, picture → übertragen, senden
vi → senden, Programme pl → ausstrahlen
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
transmit
(trӕnzˈmit) – past tense, past participle transˈmitted – verb1. to pass on. He transmitted the message; Insects can transmit disease.
2. to send out (radio or television signals, programmes etc). The programme will be transmitted at 5.00 p.m.
transˈmission (-ʃən) noun1. the act of transmitting. the transmission of disease / radio signals.
2. a radio or television broadcast.
transˈmitter noun an apparatus for transmitting, or a person who transmits. a radio transmitter.
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transmit
v. transmitir, trasmitir, contagiar; conducir.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
transmit
vt (pret & pp -mitted; ger -mitting) transmitirEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.