Other Definitions transmission (enc)
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Transmission| Noun | 1. | transmission - the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmittedsending - 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 signalscommunicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" 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" 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 substancecoefficient - a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | | | 4. | transmission - an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted | | | 5. | transmission - the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axleclutch - a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism 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 | |
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