Thesaurus: transmission

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1. n. The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another.
2. n. The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
3. n. the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted
4. n. communication by means of transmitted signals
5. n. the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
6. n. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
7. n. the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
8. 1. The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another. 2. (Law) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
9. The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting tohis successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, orprivilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die withoutenjoying or exercising it.
10. n:100 n. the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted n. communication by means of transmitted signals n. the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle