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- DictionaryTrans·mit/tranzˈmit/
verb
- 1. cause (something) to pass on from one place or person to another: "knowledge is transmitted from teacher to student"
The meaning of TRANSMIT is to send or convey from one person or place to another : forward. How to use transmit in a sentence.
transmit verb (PASS) C2 [ T ] to pass a disease from one person or animal to another: COVID-19 is transmitted through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Some diseases are transmitted from one generation to the next.
to communicate, as information or news. Synonyms: bear. to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another. to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring: The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter. Physics. to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.
You can transmit things from person to person or from one thing to another. The airwaves can be used to transmit radio or TV signals, for example, and computers can transmit messages over a network.
When radio and television programmes, computer data, or other electronic messages are transmitted, they are sent from one place to another, using wires, radio waves, or satellites.
1. ( tr) to pass or cause to go from one place or person to another; transfer. 2. (Medicine) ( tr) to pass on or impart (a disease, infection, etc)
Transmit Definition. To send or cause to go from one person or place to another, esp. across intervening space or distance; transfer; dispatch; convey. To impart or convey to others by heredity. To send out radio or television signals. To pass along; impart (a disease, etc.)
Definition of transmit verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To transmit something such as a force, motion, or power means to transfer it from one part of a mechanical system to another.
trans•mit (trans mit′, tranz-), v., -mit•ted, -mit•ting. v.t. to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey. to communicate, as information or news. to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.
