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TRANSMISSION

\tɹansmˈɪʃən], \tɹansmˈɪʃən], \t_ɹ_a_n_s_m_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of TRANSMISSION

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
communication by means of transmitted signals
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
communication by means of transmitted signals

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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.
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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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.
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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The act of passing, or the state of being passed, through or over; that part of the mechanism of an automobile which transfers the power from the engine to the driving shaft.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Applied to transmitting of disease.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

The act of sending, or being sent, from one to another; passage through.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

The transfer, as of a disease.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The act or process of sending over or through.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. Act of sending from one place or person to another;-act of passing or sending through, as light through a transparent body;-act of conveying or giving to another.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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