transmission

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The act or process of transmitting.

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The fact of being transmitted.

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Something, such as a message, that is transmitted.

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An automotive assembly of gears and associated parts by which power is transmitted from the engine to a driving axle.

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The sending of a signal, picture, or other information from a transmitter.

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The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; transmittal; transference.

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In biology, specifically, same as heredity.

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In physics, a passing through, as of light through glass or other transparent body, or of radiant heat through a diathermanous body.

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The apparatus and mechanism for transmitting (with transformation) the revolutions of the motor-shaft in a motor-car to the driving-wheels.