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trans·mis·sion

transmission

 
 
pronunciation:
traenz mI shn
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: the act or process of transmitting, or the fact or condition of being transmitted.
similar words:
communication, conveyance, dispatch
definition 2: a system or assemblage of gears by which power is transmitted from one mechanism to another, as from the engine to the drive shaft of an automobile.
definition 3: the sending of radio waves from a transmitter to a receiving station; broadcast.
similar words:
broadcast
definition 4: something that is transmitted.
similar words:
broadcast, communication
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adjective + (n.)transmission airborne, automatic, conventional, cultural, digital, direct, efficient, electric, electrical, electronic, genetic, heterosexual, high-speed, hydrostatic, improved, incoming, increasing, intergenerational, light, live, manual, marginal, optical, optimal, optional, oral, rapid, rigid, sexual, smooth, standard, variable, viral  [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)transmission block, enhance, facilitate, intercept, interfere, interrupt, monitor, prevent, price, reduce, speed
(n.)transmission + verb shift
noun + (n.)transmission Help cable, clutch, congestion, data, delay, electricity, engine, fax, fiber, gas, generation, generator, malaria, manual, means, mechanism, merchant, microwave, mile, mode, nerve, noise, power, prevention, pricing, radio, risk, route, rpm, satellite, storage, torque, utility, vector, video, voltage, wireless  [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: transmissive (adj.)
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