transmit
[ trans-mit, tranz- ]
/ trænsˈmɪt, trænz- /
verb (used with object), trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting.
verb (used without object), trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting.
to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.
to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.
Origin of transmit
1350–1400; Middle English
transmitten < Latin
trānsmittere to send across, equivalent to
trāns-
trans- +
mittere to send
synonym study for transmit
2. See
carry.
OTHER WORDS FROM transmit
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Example sentences from the Web for transmittable
I finally said, “You know, HIV is transmittable by good old-fashioned, red-blooded, hetero-normative, married sex.”
We don't know what is a transmittable determinant until after it's happened.
The Ties That Bind |Walter MillerAnd another way to the soul only—rare, untransferable to words, and therefore not transmittable to others or to the reason.
The Golden Fountain |Lilian StaveleyBut 'desertion' is a pattern of action, not a transmittable determinant.
The Ties That Bind |Walter Miller
British Dictionary definitions for transmittable
transmit
/ (trænzˈmɪt) /
verb -mits, -mitting or -mitted
Derived forms of transmit
transmittable or transmittible, adjective transmittal, nounWord Origin for transmit
C14: from Latin
transmittere to send across, from
trans- +
mittere to send
Medical definitions for transmittable
transmit
[ trăns-mĭt′, trănz- ]
v.
To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey.
To cause to spread; pass on.
To impart or convey to others by heredity or inheritance; hand down.