Transmission
[trænz'mɪʃ(ə)n;trɑːnz-;-ns-] or [træns'mɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted.
(noun.) the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle.
(noun.) communication by means of transmitted signals.
Typist: Morton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
Checker: Mollie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Transferrence, transmittal, transfusion.
Inputed by Jackson
Examples
- Pneumatic Transmission: Dodge's Air Blast Conveyor. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If the distance is short, so that few air particles are involved, the time required for transmission is very brief, and the sound is heard at practically the instant it is made. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the rear of the transmission department is the motor assembly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is also noted that In 1874 Edison invented a method of simultaneous transmission by induced currents, which has given very satisfactory results in experimental trials. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The rate of one word a minute was the average speed of transmission when the first messages were sent through the wire. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- My transmission is smashed, the driver, who was bent over by the rear of his truck, said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As soon as the waves cease, the hammer gives its last rap, and the tube is left in the decohered condition ready for the next transmission of waves. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It presents, therefore, much less difficulty in the insulation of the wires than frictional electricity, whilst the rapidity of its transmission is for practical purposes equally efficient. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Artificial reservoirs are usually constructed on the near outskirts of a town in order that the frictional force lost in transmission may be reduced to a minimum. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- To complete those lines required 40,000 miles of wire, and there are 3,000 persons engaged in the transmission of telegraphic intelligence. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Hence he issued certain directions to prevent the transmission of the disease. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- For this purpose the alternating current seems eminently adapted, as transformers only are needed to raise the line to high transmission voltage and to lower it again for use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He has already invented and patented a number of valuable and useful inventions, among which may be mentioned the best instrument for double transmission yet brought out. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Instead of punching Morse characters in the transmission tape however, it was perforated with a series of small round holes forming Roman letters. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This has been accomplished through the invention of the multiple switchboard and a great number of inventions and improvements in all the apparatus used in the transmission of speech. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Sophie