trans|mit

trans|mit
trans|mit «trans MIHT, tranz-», verb, -mit|ted, -mit|ting.
–v.t.
1. to send over; pass on; pass along; let through: »

I will transmit the money by special messenger. Rats transmit disease.

2. Physics. a) to cause (light, heat, sound, or other form of energy) to pass through a medium. b) to convey (force or movement) from one part of a body or mechanism to another. c) to allow (light, heat, or other energy) to pass through; conduct: »

Glass transmits light.

3. to send out (signals, voices, music, or pictures) by means of radio or television or by wire.
4. Figurative. to pass on through inheritance: »

The physical characteristics of a person may be transmitted to his children.

–v.i.
to send out signals by means of electromagnetic waves or by wire.
╂[< Latin trānsmittere < trāns- across + mittere send]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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