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nontransmission

nontransmission noun: absence of transmission; failure to transmit.

Noun

nontransmission (uncountable)

  1. Absence of transmission; failure to transmit.
    • After 3 years of nontransmission, the disease dies out in man.1960, Pan American Health Organization, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations, Health in the Americas and the Pan American Health Organization, page 21

Origin of nontransmission

From non- + transmission.

Questions about nontransmission

What does nontransmission mean?
Nontransmission means absence of transmission; failure to transmit.
What part of speech is nontransmission?
Nontransmission is a noun.

Words near nontransmission in the dictionary

  1. nontranslocations
  2. nontranslucency
  3. nontranslucent
  4. nontransmissibility
  5. nontransmissible
  6. nontransmission
  7. nontransmissive
  8. nontransmittable
  9. nontransmitted
  10. nontransmitting
  11. nontransmural

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