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transmission (enc)

Transmission

Noun1.transmission - the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted
sending - the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
forwarding - the act of sending on to another destination; "the forwarding of mail to a new address is done automatically"; "the forwarding of resumes to the personnel department"
mailing, posting - the transmission of a letter; "the postmark indicates the time of mailing"
telephotography - transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance
2.transmission - communication by means of transmitted signals
communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"
impartation, imparting, conveyance - the transmission of information
airing, dissemination, public exposure, spreading - the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
channel, transmission channel - a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"
channels - official routes of communication; "you have to go through channels"
mass medium, medium - transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
multimedia, multimedia system - transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)
electronic communication - communication by computer
fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics, fibreoptics - the transmission of light signals via glass fibers
modulation - (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase
check character - a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission
uplink - a transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission
interrogation - a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder
3.transmission - the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
coefficient - a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
4.transmission - an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
incident - a single distinct event
5.transmission - the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
automatic drive, automatic transmission - a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car
clutch - a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
drive line, drive line system - mechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicle
fluid drive - an automotive power coupling
4WD, four-wheel drive - a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle
gear mechanism, gear - a mechanism for transmitting motion by gears for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
gear case, gearbox - the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
hydraulic transmission, hydraulic transmission system - a transmission that depends on a hydraulic system
standard transmission, stick shift - a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal

 

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