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Transmission   /trænsmˈɪʃən/  /trænzmˈɪʃən/   Listen
Transmission

noun
1.
The act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted.  Synonyms: transmittal, transmitting.
2.
Communication by means of transmitted signals.
3.
The fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance.  Synonym: transmittance.
4.
An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted.  Synonyms: contagion, infection.
5.
The gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle.  Synonym: transmission system.



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"Transmission" Quotes from Famous Books



... the return of runaway slaves; Congress had the power to enforce this clause by appropriate legislation. Since the control of the post office was vested in the federal government, it had to face the problem raised by the transmission of abolition literature through the mails. Finally citizens had the right of petition; it inheres in all free government and it is expressly guaranteed by the first amendment to the Constitution. It was therefore legal for abolitionists to present to Congress their petitions, ...
— History of the United States • Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
... having a drawing of the serpent made from a sketch taken immediately after it was seen, which I hope to have ready for transmission to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty by ...
— Tom Finch's Monkey - and How he Dined with the Admiral • John C. Hutcheson
... time. May not these be due to some physiological revolutions, general or convulsive, which are in progress in the particular orb, and which, by affecting the constitution of its atmosphere, compel the absorption or promote the transmission of particular rays? The supposition appears by no means improbable, especially if we call to mind the hydrogen volcanoes which have been discovered on the photosphere of the sun. Indeed, there are a few small stars which afford a spectrum of bright lines ...
— The Case of Summerfield • William Henry Rhodes
... found it was a little after three, which meant six in Washington: allowing for transmission, a telegram would reach there in time to be on hand with the opening of the Departments. I therefore wired at once to the ...
— The Great K. & A. Robbery • Paul Liechester Ford
... veins—through which they receive blood from all parts of the body. The auricles communicate with the ventricles each by a large aperture, the auriculo-ventricular orifice, which is furnished with a remarkable mechanism of valves, allowing the transmission of blood from the auricles into the ventricles, but preventing a reverse course. The ventricles are thick-walled cavities, forming the more massive portion of the heart toward the apex. They are separated by a partition, and are connected with the great arteries—the ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture


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