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Definition of Transmit
1. Verb. Transfer to another. "They transmit the information to them"; "Communicate a disease"
Specialized synonyms: Communicate, Pass, Pass Along, Pass On, Put Across
Generic synonyms: Transfer
Derivative terms: Communication, Transmissible, Transmissible, Transmission, Transmitter
2. Verb. Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. "Many metals conduct heat"
Related verbs: Carry, Convey, Express, Carry
Generic synonyms: Bring, Convey, Take
Specialized synonyms: Wash Up, Pipe In, Bring In, Retransmit
Derivative terms: Carrier, Carry, Channel, Channel, Conduction, Conductive, Conductor, Conductor, Transmission, Transmittal
3. Verb. Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television. "We cannot air this X-rated song"
Category relationships: Broadcast Medium, Broadcasting
Generic synonyms: Air, Bare, Publicise, Publicize
Specialized synonyms: Satellite, Sportscast, Telecast, Televise, Interrogate, Rebroadcast, Rerun
Causes: Air
Derivative terms: Air, Beam, Broadcast, Broadcast, Broadcaster, Sender, Transmission, Transmitter
4. Verb. Send from one person or place to another. "They transmit the parcel to their parents"; "Transmit a message"
Specialized synonyms: Bring, Convey, Fetch, Get, Project, Propagate, Translate, Release, Turn, Send, Send Out
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Derivative terms: Channel, Channelisation, Channelization, Channelisation, Channel, Channel, Channel, Channelization, Transfer, Transferer, Transferral, Transferrer, Transmission, Transmittal, Transmitter, Transmitting, Transport, Transport
Definition of Transmit
1. v. t. To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another.
Definition of Transmit
1. to send from one place or person to another [v -MITTED, -MITTING, -MITS]
Medical Definition of Transmit
1. 1. To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another. "The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the gospel." (Milton) "The scepter of that kingdom continued to be transmitted in the dynasty of Castile." (Prescott) 2. To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity. Origin: L. Transmittere, transmissum; trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F. Transmettre. See Missile. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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