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transmit
 
SYLLABICATION:trans·mit
PRONUNCIATION:  trns-mt, trnz-
VERB:Inflected forms: trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting, trans·mits
TRANSITIVE VERB:1. To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey. See synonyms at convey. , send1. 2. To cause to spread; pass on: transmit an infection. 3. To impart or convey to others by heredity or inheritance; hand down. 4. To pass along (news or information); communicate. 5a. Electronics To send (a signal), as by wire or radio. b. Physics To cause (a disturbance) to propagate through a medium. 6. To convey (force or energy) from one part of a mechanism to another.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To send out a signal.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English transmitten, from Latin trnsmittere : trns-, trans- + mittere, to send.
OTHER FORMS:trans·mitta·ble —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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