transmission

plural transmissions · alternative trans · alternative xmission

1. countableuncountableThe act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
2. countableuncountableThe fact of being transmitted.
3. countableuncountableSomething that is transmitted, such as a message, picture, or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
4. countableuncountablebiologyThe passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
5. countableuncountabletrucking; heavy equipment; trucking; heavy equipmentautomotiveA 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

6. countableuncountablelawThe 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. countableuncountablebiologyThe passing of a pathogen or communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.
8. countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe passing down of a text through time.