transmission
/tɹænsˈmɪʃən/
transmission noun: the act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
Noun
transmission (countable and uncountable, plural transmissions)
- The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
- The fact of being transmitted.
- Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture, or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
- The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
- A device, usually an assembly of gears (gearbox) plus a clutch or torque converter, through which power is sent from the engine to the driveshaft in an automobile (motor car or motor truck).
- Any vehicle with an internal combustion engine needs a transmission that can alter the gear ratio (engine RPM to wheel RPM) as the vehicle's speed changes.
- Synonyms:
- gearbox[Appendix:Glossary, tranny
- The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
- The passing of a pathogen or communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.
- The passing down of a text through time.
transmission meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
transmission in Hindi
- act of transmitting
- पारेषण pāreṣaṇ
transmission in Tamil
- பரப்புகை
transmission in Marathi
- पारेषण
transmission in Urdu
- امضا, ترسیل
More languagesFewer languages
- transmission in Bengali
- প্রেষণ, হস্তান্তরণ
- transmission in Telugu
- ట్రాన్స్మిషన్
- transmission in Malayalam
- ട്രാൻസ്മിഷൻ, സംക്രമണം, പ്രസരണം, വിതരണം
- transmission in Kannada
- ಕಳುಹಿಕೆ, ಹರಡಿಕೆ, ಸಾಗಣೆ, ರವಾನೆ
- transmission in Punjabi
- ਟ੍ਰਾਂਸਮਿਸ਼ਨ, ਟਰਾਂਸਮਿਸ਼ਨ
- transmission in Gujarati
- ટ્રાન્સમિશન, ટ્રાન્સમીશન
- transmission in Sanskrit
- संचार saṃcāra
- transmission in Nepali
- प्रसारन
- transmission in Pashto
- خپرونه xparawə́na
- transmission in Persian
- تراگسیل tarāgosil, سرایت serāyat, واگیرداری vāgirdāri
Examples of transmission in a sentence
- The block transmission errored near the start and could not be received.
- Could you please repeat your last transmission? Another station was doubling with you.
- A linkage in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.
Synonyms of transmission
- gearbox[Appendix:Glossary
- tranny
- outsending
Forms of transmission
| plural | transmissions |
|---|---|
| alternative form | trans |
| alternative form | xmission |
Origin of transmission
Borrowed from Latin transmissionem (accusative of transmissio), from transmittere.
Words formed from transmission
- automated manual transmission
- automatic transmission
- clutchless manual transmission
- continuously variable transmission
- cotransmission
- cross-transmission
- cryo-transmission
- cryo-transmission electron micrograph
- cryo-transmission electron microscope
- cryo-transmission electron microscopy
- electric power transmission
- extraordinary optical transmission
- gliotransmission
- heterotransmission
- high-voltage transmission line
- intertransmission
- manual transmission
- mechanotransmission
- monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope
- multitransmission
- neurotransmission
- nontransmission
- overtransmission
- power transmission line
- pretransmission
- retransmission
- scanning transmission electron microscope
- semi-automatic transmission
- standard transmission
- synchronized transmission
- teletransmission
- transaxle
- transflection
- Transmission Control Protocol
- transmissioned
- transmission electron diffraction
- transmission electron microscope
- transmission electron microscopy
- transmission error
- transmission fluid
- transmission function
- transmissionism
- transmissionist
- transmissionless
- transmission line
- transmission medium
- transmission mount
- transmission oil
- transmission time
- transmission tower
- xenotransmission
Phrases with transmission
Words that rhyme with transmission
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
- remission
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
- adposition
Questions about transmission
- What does transmission mean?
- Transmission means the act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
- What is transmission in Hindi?
- Transmission in Hindi is पारेषण (pāreṣaṇ). See Transmission meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is transmission?
- Transmission is a noun.
- How do you pronounce transmission?
- Transmission is pronounced /tɹænsˈmɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of transmission?
- The plural of transmission is transmissions.
Words near transmission in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: transmission (page history and authors); transmission (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transmission (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); transmission (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transmission (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transmission (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); transmission (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); transmission (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transmission (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); transmission (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); संचार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); transmission (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); خپرونه (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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