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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Transmission \Trans*mis"sion\, n. [L. transmissio; cf. F. transmission. See Transmit.]
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.
(Law) 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.
(Mech.) The mechanism within a vehicle which transmits rotational power from the engine to the axle of the wheel propelling the vehicle; it includes the gears and gear-changing mechanism as well as the propeller shaft.
The process or event of sending signals by means of a radio-frequency wave from an electronic transmitter to a receiving device.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, "conveyance from one place to another," from Latin transmissionem (nominative transmissio) "a sending over or across, passage," noun of action from past participle stem of transmittere "send over or across" (see transmit). Meaning "part of a motor vehicle that regulates power from the engine to the axle" is first recorded 1894.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power. 2 The fact of being transmitted. 3 Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture or a disease; the sending of such a thing. 4 (context biology English) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses. 5 (context automotive English) An assembly of gears through which power is transmitted from the engine to the driveshaft in a motor car / automobile; a gearbox. 6 (context legal English) 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. 7 (medicine, biology) The passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.
WordNet
n. the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted [syn: transmittal, transmitting]
communication by means of transmitted signals
the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance [syn: transmittance]
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted [syn: infection, contagion]
the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle [syn: transmission system]
Wikipedia
Transmission may refer to:
In British English, the term transmission refers to the whole drivetrain, including clutch, gearbox, prop shaft (for rear-wheel drive), differential, and final drive shafts. In American English, however, the term refers more specifically to the gearbox alone, and detailed usage differs.
The most common use is in motor vehicles, where the transmission adapts the output of the internal combustion engine to the drive wheels. Such engines need to operate at a relatively high rotational speed, which is inappropriate for starting, stopping, and slower travel. The transmission reduces the higher engine speed to the slower wheel speed, increasing torque in the process. Transmissions are also used on pedal bicycles, fixed machines, and where different rotational speeds and torques are adapted.
Often, a transmission has multiple gear ratios (or simply "gears") with the ability to switch between them as speed varies. This switching may be done manually (by the operator) or automatically. Directional (forward and reverse) control may also be provided. Single-ratio transmissions also exist, which simply change the speed and torque (and sometimes direction) of motor output.
In motor vehicles, the transmission generally is connected to the engine crankshaft via a flywheel and/or clutch and/or fluid coupling, partly because internal combustion engines cannot run below a particular speed. The output of the transmission is transmitted via the driveshaft to one or more differentials, which drives the wheels. While a differential may also provide gear reduction, its primary purpose is to permit the wheels at either end of an axle to rotate at different speeds (essential to avoid wheel slippage on turns) as it changes the direction of rotation.
Conventional gear/belt transmissions are not the only mechanism for speed/torque adaptation. Alternative mechanisms include torque converters and power transformation (e.g. diesel-electric transmission and hydraulic drive system). Hybrid configurations also exist. Automatic transmissions use a valve body to shift gears using fluid pressures in conjunction with an ecm.
Transmission is a BitTorrent client which features a variety of user interfaces on top of a cross-platform back-end. Transmission is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL), with parts under the MIT License.
"Transmission" is a song by English post-punk band Joy Division. It was released in 1979 by record label Factory as the band's debut single.
Transmission EP is an EP by the indie rock band Low. It was released in 1996 on Vernon Yard Recordings. The title track is a cover of the classic song Transmission by Joy Division.
Transmission is a literary magazine in the United Kingdom. Transmission is a non-profit publication, and everybody involved in its production is a volunteer. It is published three times a year.
- Redirect Transmission (mechanics)
Transmission is an experimental/ post-rock band based in the United Kingdom. The band includes former members of Killing Joke, Murder, Inc., The Verve, and Dreadzone.
In telecommunications, transmission (abbreviation: Tx) is the process of sending and propagating an analogue or digital information signal over a physical point-to-point or point-to-multipoint transmission medium, either wired, optical fiber or wireless. One example of transmission is the sending of a signal with limited duration, for example a block or packet of data, a phone call, or an email. Transmission technologies and schemes typically refer to physical layer protocol duties such as modulation, demodulation, line coding, equalization, error control, bit synchronization and multiplexing, but the term may also involve higher-layer protocol duties, for example, digitizing an analog message signal, and source coding (compression).
Transmission of a digital message, or of a digitized analog signal, is known as digital communication.
In medicine, public health, and biology, transmission is the passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a particular individual or group, regardless of whether the other individual was previously infected.
The term usually refers to the transmission of microorganisms directly from one individual to another by one or more of the following means:
- droplet contact – coughing or sneezing on another individual
- direct physical contact – touching an infected individual, including sexual contact
- indirect physical contact – usually by touching soil contamination or a contaminated surface ( fomite)
- airborne transmission – if the microorganism can remain in the air for long periods
- fecal-oral transmission – usually from unwashed hands, contaminated food or water sources due to lack of sanitation and hygiene, an important transmission route in pediatrics, veterinary medicine and developing countries.
Transmission can also be indirect, via another organism, either a vector (e.g. a mosquito or fly) or an intermediate host (e.g. tapeworm in pigs can be transmitted to humans who ingest improperly cooked pork). Indirect transmission could involve zoonoses or, more typically, larger pathogens like macroparasites with more complex life cycles. Transmissions can be autochthonous (i.e. between two individuals in the same place) or may involve travel of the microorganism or the affected hosts.
Transmission is the fourth album recorded by the Canadian band The Tea Party, released in 1997. The band expanded on the mix of rock, blues and world music found in their previous albums by adding electronic instruments and recording techniques to their repertoire.
While still using several exotic instruments and maintaining the "eastern" influence in the recording, many songs also include samples, sequencers and loops alongside the traditional acoustic instruments. The result is a harder, industrial sound. The album makes lyrical references to the afterlife (" Psychopomp"), the dystopian works of Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Yevgeny Zamyatin ("Army Ants") and Giovanni Piranesi's 'Imaginary Prisons' ("Alarum").
Transmission continued to build on the momentum generated by The Edges of Twilight, reaching double platinum status in Canada and receiving a 1998 Juno nomination for "Blockbuster Rock Album of the Year". An edited version of the song " Temptation", as well as an instrumental version of " Babylon", can be found on the PlayStation game Road Rash 3D, from the same year.
Genetic transmission is the transfer of genetic information from genes to another generation (from parent to offspring), almost synonymous with heredity, or from one location in a cell to another.
It should not be confused with chromosomal translocation, which is rearrangement of parts between non-homologous chromosomes.
It should also not be confused with horizontal gene transfer, a process in which an organism incorporates genetic material from another organism without being the offspring of that organism.
Transmission is a self released EP by Mêlée, released in 2001.
Transmission is a novel written by British-Indian author Hari Kunzru and published in 2005. It primarily follows the narrative of a naive Indian programmer, Arjun Mehta, who immigrates to the United States in hopes of making his fortune. When he is laid off by his virus-testing company, he sends out e-mails containing a malignant computer virus in a bid to keep his job, unintentionally causing global havoc. Parallel to Arjun's story is that of Guy Swift, the seemingly well-to-do English CEO of an advertising company, and his struggle to keep his business going as the virus spreads.
Transmission was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 2005.
Transmission is a large indoor trance music event based in Prague at the o2 Arena. In March 2014, the festival was held for the first time in Slovakia. Markus Schulz has frequently headlined.
Leaving Europe's shores for the first time, in July 2016 the festival will be held in Melbourne, Australia.
Transmission (also known for sponsorship reasons as Transmission with T-Mobile) is a British television programme broadcast on Channel 4, offering live performances and interviews of famous music artists that ran for three series between 2006 and 2007. It was usually shown late night on a Friday as part of the 4music strand on Channel 4.
The programme was sponsored by mobile phone network T-Mobile. The first series aired in 2006 and came back for a second series in early 2007 then returned for a third series at the end of 2007.
The programme was presented by T4 presenter Steve Jones and former XFM presenter Lauren Laverne.
Usage examples of "transmission".
He was careful not to use scary military terms such as amplification, lethal chain of transmission, crash and bleed, or major pucker factor.
Others, he was as happy to tease me, take care of me remotely via analog transmission.
They had asked the Eater questions about astrophysics, peppering it with a dozen in a single transmission.
ROOM - LATER Barnes talks on the radio transmission speaker to the surface.
Estosh made only that one transmission, and that was a short-range signal to his carrier here at Brask Oto.
None of the networks had floated so much as a hint of the extortionary fax transmissions.
The Extractor selects and draws pre-designated elements, minerals and other usable substances from the Alpha Centauri star system, and collects, accumulates, converts and channels the matter into its spunnel transmission subsystem for direct interstellar transfer to the Collector.
Have you received a transmission of a holograph from Rhise Prime in the past 60 seconds?
It is also believed that a discharging ear following measles may be the means of continuing the transmission of the disease.
Transmission of measles to human beings by the lower animals is still unproven.
Technical Transmissions Via Mental Telepathy or the Combination of Mediumistic Telepathy Under the Direction of the Confederation of Cosmic Space Beings.
His patrimonial acres and heirlooms remain indeed untouched, because the court of chancery have deemed it necessary to appoint a receiver to secure their faithful transmission to the next heir.
The transmission of thought by figures and symbols would, on the whole, therefore, foster those narrow and material tendencies which the genius of polysynthetic languages would seem calculated to produce.
The transmission ended and the image of Apohatsu was replaced with that of a starfield, with the pulsar depicted as an indistinct red blur at the center of the screen.
The laws that govern the transmission of large bodies of air from one part of the oceanic surface to another, either in a state of rapid rotation or presenting a more or less rectilineal direction, must at all times form an important matter of inquiry, and bear very materially on the successful prosecution of the occupation of the voyager.