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transmittal

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(trans mitl, tranz-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
trans•mit•tal  (trans mitl, tranz-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. transmission.
  • transmit + -al2 1715–25

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
trans•mit /trænsˈmɪt, trænz-/USA pronunciation   v., -mit•ted, -mit•ting. 
  1. to send (a signal, etc.) to someone receiving, or to a destination; dispatch: [+ object]Transmit this message at once![no object]The submarine was transmitting, but there was no one to receive the signal.
  2. Telecommunications[+ object] to communicate, as information or news.
  3. Pathology to spread (disease, etc.) to another:[+ object]to transmit AIDS.
  4. Physics to cause or allow (light, heat, etc.) to pass through a medium:[+ object]Glass transmits light.
trans•mis•si•ble/trænsˈmɪsəbəl, trænz-/USA pronunciation  trans•mit•ta•ble, adj. 
trans•mit•tal, trans•mit•tance, n. [uncountable]See -mit-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
trans•mit  (trans mit, tranz-),USA pronunciation v., -mit•ted, -mit•ting. 
v.t. 
  1. to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination;
    dispatch;
    convey.
  2. to communicate, as information or news.
  3. to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.
  4. to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring:The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter.
  5. [Physics.]
    • to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.
    • to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).
    • to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through:Glass transmits light.
  6. [Radio and Television.]to emit (electromagnetic waves).

v.i. 
  1. to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.
  2. to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.
  • Latin trānsmittere to send across, equivalent. to trāns- trans- + mittere to send
  • Middle English transmitten 1350–1400
trans•mit ta•ble, trans•mitti•ble, adj. 
    1. transfer, remit. 2. bear. See carry.

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