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- Dictionarytransmit/trɑːnzˈmɪt/
verb
- 1. cause (something) to pass on from one person or place to another: "knowledge is transmitted from teacher to pupil" Similar Opposite
- 2. broadcast or send out (an electrical signal or a radio or television programme): "the programme was transmitted on 7 October" Similar
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[ T ] to pass a particular feeling from one person to another or others, or to an animal: Somehow your panic and fear transmits itself to the horse that you're riding. That tension and sense of antipication will inevitably be transmitted to the team. I'm transmitting my feelings through music. More examples.
The meaning of TRANSMIT is to send or convey from one person or place to another : forward. How to use transmit in a sentence.
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. This verb often describes messages or data being sent, but you can also transmit ideas, beliefs, or attitude.
To transmit something such as a force, motion, or power means to transfer it from one part of a mechanical system to another.
[transitive] transmit something (specialist) to allow heat, light, sound, etc. to pass through synonym conduct. Steam only transmits heat when it condenses. This chapter explains how sounds are transmitted through the air. Word Origin.
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.)
1. 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. [...] 2. If one person or animal transmits a disease to another, they have the disease and cause the other person or animal to have it. [formal] [...] 3.
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. to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring: The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter. [ Physics.]
