transmission

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Pronunciation

• enPR: trănsmĭ'shən, trănzmĭ'shən IPA: /tɹænsˈmɪʃən/, /tɹænzˈmɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /tr\{ns"mIS@n/, /tr\{nz"mIS@n/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Etymology

From Latin transmissionem (nominative of transmissio), from transmittere.

Noun

transmission (plural transmissions)

1. The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power.
2. The fact of being transmitted.
3. Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
4. (biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
5. (automotive) An assembly of gears through which power is transmitted from the engine to the driveshaft in a motor car / automobile; a gearbox.
6. (law) The 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.

Synonyms

• outsending
• (assembly of gears): gearbox

Derived terms

• automatic transmission
• cryo-transmission
• manual transmission
• standard transmission
• synchronized transmission
• transmission line
• transmission medium
• transmission electron microscope
• Transmission Control Protocol

Related terms

• transmissible
• transmissive

Translations

act of transmitting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳輸 (cmn), 传输 (cmn) (chuánshū)

• Czech: přenos (cs) m, vysílání (cs) n
• Estonian: ülekanne (et)
• Finnish: lähetys (fi), lähettäminen (fi), välittäminen (fi) (information), siirto (fi) (power), tartuttaminen (fi) (disease)
• French: transmission (fr) f
• Galician: transmisión (gl) f

• German: Übertragung (de) f
• Greek: μετάδοση (el) (metádosi) f
• Japanese: 転送 (ja) (てんそう, tensō), 伝送 (ja) (でんそう, densō)
• Romanian: transmitere (ro) f
• Russian: передача (ru) (peredáča) f, перенос (ru) (perenós) m, пересылка (ru) (peresýlka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: пренос (sh) (prenos) m, трансмисија (sh) (transmisija) f
• Swedish: överföring (sv) c, transmission (sv) c

fact of being transmitted

• Finnish: välittyminen (fi) (information), siirtyminen (fi) (power), tarttuminen (fi) (disease)

• Greek: μετάδοση (el) (metádosi) f, διάδοση (el) (diádosi) f

something transmitted

• Czech: vysílání (cs) n
• Finnish: lähetys (fi), tartunta (fi)
• French: transmission (fr) f

• Greek: μετάδοση (el) (metádosi) f
• Swedish: överföring (sv) c, transmission (sv) c

passage of a nerve impulse

• Finnish: välittyminen (fi)

• Greek: μεταβίβαση (el) (metavívasi) f

assembly of gears

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變速器 (cmn), 变速器 (cmn) (biànsùqì)

• Czech: převodovka (cs) f
• Finnish: vaihteisto (fi), voimansiirto (fi)
• French: boite de vitesses (fr) f
• Galician: transmisión (gl) f
• German: Getriebe (de) n
• Greek: κιβώτιο ταχυτήτων (el) (kivótio tachytíton) n, ταχύτητες (el) (tachýtites) f pl
• Japanese: トランスミッション (ja) (toransumisshon), 変速機 (ja) (へんそくき, hensokuki), 変速装置 (ja) (へんそくそうち, hensoku-sōchi)

• Romanian: transmisie (ro) f, angrenaj (ro) n
• Russian: трансмиссия (ru) (transmíssija) f, коробка переключения передач (ru) (koróbka pereključénija peredáč) f, коробка передач (ru) (koróbka peredáč) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мењач (sh) m, мјењач (sh) m

  Roman: menjač (sh) m, mjenjač (sh) m

• Spanish: caja de cambios (es) f
• Swedish: växellåda (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Catalan: transmissió (ca) f
• Norwegian: overføring
• Portuguese: transmissão f
• Spanish: transmisión (es) f

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French

Etymology

From Latin transmissio, from transmittere.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France)

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: transmissions

Noun

transmission f (plural transmissions)

1. transmission

Derived terms

• courroie de transmission

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Swedish

Noun

transmission c

1. transmission

Declension

Declension of transmission

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	transmission	transmissionen	transmissioner	transmissionerna
genitive	transmissions	transmissionens	transmissioners	transmissionernas