From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Electricity, Broadcasting, Television & radio, Motor vehiclestransmissiontrans‧mis‧sion /trænzˈmɪʃən $ træns-/ ●○○AWL noun1[uncountable]HPETCB the process of sending out electronicsignals, messages etc, using radio, television, or other similarequipment
worldwide data transmission2[uncountable] formalSEND the process of sending or passing something from one person, place, or thing to anothertransmission of
the transmission of disease3[countable] formalAMTTCB something that is broadcast on television, radio etcSYN broadcast
a live transmission of the tennis championship4[countable, uncountable]TTC the parts of a vehicle that take power from the engine to the wheelsExamples from the Corpustransmission• It was agreed that all transmission of filmmaterial will be in a progressivescanformat from launch of services.• My car has an automatictransmission.• The power plant was a 454-cubic-inch, gasoline-powered Chevy V-8 tied to a four-speed automatic transmission.• The automatic transmission, a fivespeed, costs $ 975.• However, there are occasions when speech is used for the detailedtransmission of factual information.• Because of transmissiondifficulties, we have not received today's stockprices.• There is considerablescientificagreement about its means of transmission.• The overall world picture shows: The basicmodes of transmission have not changed.• How do we explain this variation, and how do we explain the transmission of this adaptation from one generation to another?data transmission• My hon. Friend wanted to know about data transmission services.• Our present system is analogue and the requirement for computer system links and data transmission may justify changing to a digital system.• Cable systems can be integrated with wireless transmission networks to provide voice transmissions to phones and data transmissions to personalcommunicators.• Private local-area networks on the Internetoperate at data transmissionspeeds of 10 to 100 megabits per second.• Murdoch said he hopes to expandbeyond what those two companies offer and use satellites for data transmissions via computers.• Broadcast data via satellites also have a widebandwidthenabling good data transmission.• Generally, these networks do not have high-speeddata transmissioncapabilities.• What data transmission speeds are proposed?live transmission• Every month there is a live transmission of a church service.• Radio stations are planning live transmissions from midnight from the tinygraveyard where her body liesburied.From Longman Business Dictionarytransmissiontrans‧mis‧sion /trænzˈmɪʃəntræns-/ noun[countable, uncountable] the process of sending out electrical signals by radio, telephone, or similar equipmentThis feature enables the machine to recognize whether an incoming call is a voice orfax transmission.transmission ofThe system is intended to speed thetransmission of data.Origintransmission(1600-1700)Latintransmissio, from transmittere; → TRANSMIT
