Why is this word also used to name an significant part of an automobile?
Transmission is the ability to move from the originate point to the destination point.
engine/transmission/wheels, send email/ receive email, speak into the phone/someone listen, and on and on.
TRANSMISSION : THE THINGY THAT MAKES THE CAR GO FORWARD AND BACKWARDS .
TRANSMISSION : TRANSMITS POWER FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER
THE "TRANSMISSION" , TRANSMITS POWER FROM THE ENGINE TO THE TIRES
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Main Entry:
trans·mis·sion Listen to the pronunciation of transmission Listen to the pronunciation of nouns
Pronunciation:
\tran(t)s-'mi-shn, tranz-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle French, from Latin transmission-, transmissio, from transmittere to transmit
Date:
1611
1: an act, process, or instance of transmitting <nouns of a nerve urge across a synapse>2: the passage of radio top in the space between transmitting and delivery stations; also : the act or process of transmitting by radio or television3: an assembly of parts including the speed-changing gears and the propeller shaft by which the power is transmitted from an engine to a live axle; also : the speed-changing gears surrounded by such an assembly4: something that is transmitted : message
— trans·mis·sive Listen to the pronunciation of transmissive \-'mi-siv\ adjective
— trans·mis·siv·i·ty Listen to the pronunciation of transmissivity \tran(t)s-()mi-'si-v-tē, tranz-\ noun
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trans·mis·sion /traens'mn, traenz-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[trans-mish-uhn, tranz-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. the conduct yourself or process of transmitting.
2. the fact of self transmitted.
3. something that is transmitted.
4. Machinery.
a. transference of force between machines or mechanism, often beside changes of torque and speed.
b. a compact, sheltered unit of gears or the close to for this purpose, as in an automobile.
5. Radio and Television. the broadcasting of electromagnetic breakers from one location to another, as from a transmitter to a receiver.
6. Physics. transmittance.
[Origin: 1605–15; < L trānsmissiōn- (s. of trānsmissiō) a sending across, equiv. to trānsmiss(us) (ptp. of trānsmittere to dispatch across) + -iōn- -ion. See trans-, mission]
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trans·mis·sive /traens'msv, traenz-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[trans-mis-iv, tranz-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, adjective
trans·mis·sive·ly, adverb
trans·mis·sive·ness, noun
—Synonyms 1, 2. transfer, alley, passing, conveyance.
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transmission Definition
trans·mis·sion (trans mish′n, tranzmishn)
noun
1.
1. a transmitting or mortal transmitted
2. something transmitted
2. the part of a motor vehicle, contrivance, etc. that transmits power from the engine to the driven members, as the wheel, by means of belts, fluids, gears, etc.
3. the pathway of radio waves through space between the transmitting station and the unloading station
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trans·mis·sion (plural trans·mis·sions)
noun
Definition:
1. act of transmitting: the stroke or process of transmitting something, especially radio signals, radio or television broadcasts, information, or a disease
2. something transmitted: something transmitted, e.g. a radio signal
3. broadcasting radio or TV broadcast: a radio or television broadcast
4. automotive components transferring power to wheels: the power-driven system, including gears and shafts, by which power is transmitted from the engine of a motor vehicle to the drive wheels
5. automotive set of gears: a set of gears and the protective shell that covers this in a vehicle or engine
6. physics competency to let radiation through: the means of a material to tolerate incoming radiation pass completely through it
[Early 17th century. Directly or via French< Latin transmission-< mission- "a letting shift, release" (see mission)]
trans·mis·sive adjective
trans·mis·sive·ly adverb
trans·mis·sive·ness noun
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Transmission is the ability to move from the originate point to the destination point.
engine/transmission/wheels, send email/ receive email, speak into the phone/someone listen, and on and on.
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TRANSMISSION : THE THINGY THAT MAKES THE CAR GO FORWARD AND BACKWARDS .
TRANSMISSION : TRANSMITS POWER FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER
THE "TRANSMISSION" , TRANSMITS POWER FROM THE ENGINE TO THE TIRES
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Answers: nouns
Main Entry:
trans·mis·sion Listen to the pronunciation of transmission Listen to the pronunciation of nouns
Pronunciation:
\tran(t)s-'mi-shn, tranz-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle French, from Latin transmission-, transmissio, from transmittere to transmit
Date:
1611
1: an act, process, or instance of transmitting <nouns of a nerve urge across a synapse>2: the passage of radio top in the space between transmitting and delivery stations; also : the act or process of transmitting by radio or television3: an assembly of parts including the speed-changing gears and the propeller shaft by which the power is transmitted from an engine to a live axle; also : the speed-changing gears surrounded by such an assembly4: something that is transmitted : message
— trans·mis·sive Listen to the pronunciation of transmissive \-'mi-siv\ adjective
— trans·mis·siv·i·ty Listen to the pronunciation of transmissivity \tran(t)s-()mi-'si-v-tē, tranz-\ noun
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trans·mis·sion /traens'mn, traenz-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[trans-mish-uhn, tranz-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. the conduct yourself or process of transmitting.
2. the fact of self transmitted.
3. something that is transmitted.
4. Machinery.
a. transference of force between machines or mechanism, often beside changes of torque and speed.
b. a compact, sheltered unit of gears or the close to for this purpose, as in an automobile.
5. Radio and Television. the broadcasting of electromagnetic breakers from one location to another, as from a transmitter to a receiver.
6. Physics. transmittance.
[Origin: 1605–15; < L trānsmissiōn- (s. of trānsmissiō) a sending across, equiv. to trānsmiss(us) (ptp. of trānsmittere to dispatch across) + -iōn- -ion. See trans-, mission]
—Related forms
trans·mis·sive /traens'msv, traenz-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[trans-mis-iv, tranz-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, adjective
trans·mis·sive·ly, adverb
trans·mis·sive·ness, noun
—Synonyms 1, 2. transfer, alley, passing, conveyance.
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transmission Definition
trans·mis·sion (trans mish′n, tranzmishn)
noun
1.
1. a transmitting or mortal transmitted
2. something transmitted
2. the part of a motor vehicle, contrivance, etc. that transmits power from the engine to the driven members, as the wheel, by means of belts, fluids, gears, etc.
3. the pathway of radio waves through space between the transmitting station and the unloading station
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trans·mis·sion (plural trans·mis·sions)
noun
Definition:
1. act of transmitting: the stroke or process of transmitting something, especially radio signals, radio or television broadcasts, information, or a disease
2. something transmitted: something transmitted, e.g. a radio signal
3. broadcasting radio or TV broadcast: a radio or television broadcast
4. automotive components transferring power to wheels: the power-driven system, including gears and shafts, by which power is transmitted from the engine of a motor vehicle to the drive wheels
5. automotive set of gears: a set of gears and the protective shell that covers this in a vehicle or engine
6. physics competency to let radiation through: the means of a material to tolerate incoming radiation pass completely through it
[Early 17th century. Directly or via French< Latin transmission-< mission- "a letting shift, release" (see mission)]
trans·mis·sive adjective
trans·mis·sive·ly adverb
trans·mis·sive·ness noun
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