TRANSMISSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transmission mean? 

• TRANSMISSION (noun)
  The noun TRANSMISSION has 5 senses:

1. the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted

2. communication by means of transmitted signals

3. the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance

4. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

5. the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle

  Familiarity information: TRANSMISSION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSMISSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

transmission; transmittal; transmitting

Hypernyms ("transmission" is a kind of...):

sending (the act of causing something to go (especially messages))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transmission"):

mailing; posting (the transmission of a letter)

telephotography (transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance)

forwarding (the act of sending on to another destination)

Derivation:

transmit (send from one person or place to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Communication by means of transmitted signals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("transmission" is a kind of...):

communicating; communication (the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information)

Domain member category:

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transmission"):

interrogation (a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder)

uplink (a transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission)

modulation ((electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase)

fiber optics; fiberoptics; fibre optics; fibreoptics (the transmission of light signals via glass fibers)

electronic communication (communication by computer)

multimedia; multimedia system (transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.))

mass medium; medium ((usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public)

channels (official routes of communication)

channel; transmission channel (a path over which electrical signals can pass)

airing; dissemination; public exposure; spreading (the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate)

conveyance; impartation; imparting (the transmission of information)

Derivation:

transmit (broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television)

transmit (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

transmission; transmittance

Hypernyms ("transmission" is a kind of...):

coefficient (a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

contagion; infection; transmission

Hypernyms ("transmission" is a kind of...):

incident (a single distinct event)

Derivation:

transmit (transfer to another)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

transmission; transmission system

Hypernyms ("transmission" is a kind of...):

gear; gear mechanism (a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle))

Meronyms (parts of "transmission"):

gear box; gear case; gearbox (the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed)

fluid drive (an automotive power coupling)

clutch (a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transmission"):

automatic drive; automatic transmission (a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car)

4WD; four-wheel drive (a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle)

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)

Holonyms ("transmission" is a part of...):

drive line; drive line system (mechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicle)

 Context examples 

It acts at spinal and supraspinal sites, reducing excitatory transmission.

(Baclofen, NCI Thesaurus)

But they also say that further studies are needed to help understand how co-infection of plants by the two viruses implicated in MLN affects seed and vector transmission.

(Researchers model ways to control deadly maize disease, SciDev.Net)

This may indicate that the normal role of alpha-synuclein is to help the chemical transmission of information across nerve cells.

(Calcium May Play A Role in Development of Parkinson's Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This could explain why virus transmission occurs so quickly.

(Tick salivary glands can be a tool to study virus transmission and infection, National Institutes of Health)

This gene plays a role in signal transduction and modulates synaptic transmission.

(AKAP9 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The drug could kill the parasite in infected individuals before symptoms present, but could also be used when patients are visibly ill, and help block further mosquito transmission.

(Antimalarial candidate holds promise as a single dose, SciDev.Net)

Transmission of the apoptotic signal requires the functional interaction of proteins via the death domain.

(Death Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes transmission among internal components of the device and other external devices to which the device is intended to communicate.

(Communication or Transmission Issue Associated with Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)

This gene plays a role in cell-cell signaling, muscle contraction and synaptic transmission.

(NOS1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A communication or electronic circuit designed to delay the transmission of a signal by a set amount.

(Delay Line Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)