transmissibleadj.
/trɑːnzˈmɪsᵻb(ə)l/, /tranzˈmɪsᵻb(ə)l/, /trɑːnsˈmɪsᵻb(ə)l/, /transˈmɪsᵻb(ə)l/, U.S. /trænzˈmɪsəbəl/, /træn(t)sˈmɪsəbəl/ Capable of being transmitted.
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the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > transmitting or passing on > transmitted or passed on > able to be
communicablea1533
conveyable1577
transmittable1611
traducible1633
derivative1637
derivable1640
transmissible1644
propagatory1652
transmigrable1689
propagablea1707
transmissive1709
1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas v. 59 It is transmissible to his Successor.
1660 Scutum Regale: Royal Buckler 138 God did declare it transmissible from Adam to the first born.
1798 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population viii. 156 Transmissible and contagious disorders.
1869 Duke of Argyll Primeval Man ii. 39 Some varieties of form are effected..by domestication, and by constant care in the selection of peculiarities transmissible to the young.
1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 283 The right to a grant of administration is not transmissible.
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