transmissionn.
/trɑːnzˈmɪʃən/, /tranzˈmɪʃən/, /transˈmɪʃən/, /trɑːnsˈmɪʃən/, U.S. /trænzˈmɪʃən/, /træn(t)sˈmɪʃən/ a. The action of transmitting or fact of being transmitted; conveyance from one person or place to another; transference.
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the world > movement > transference > [noun] > transmission or passing on
communicationc1384
delation1578
transfusion1578
transmission1611
conveyance1646
transmitting1671
transmit1672
transmittal1735
transmittance1855
passage1860
transjection?1867
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Transmissione, a transmission.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §2 In the experiment of Transmission of the Sea-water into the Pits, the Water riseth; but in the experiment of transmission of the Water through the Vessels, it falleth.
1759 S. Johnson Idler 4 Aug. 241 Alphabetical writing made..the transmission of events more easy and certain.
1802 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire I. 82 On the transmission of the Black Sea through the Propontis, a great part of its shallow banks consequently became a saline steppe.
a1859 T. De Quincey Posthumous Wks. (1891) I. 308 One link in the transmission of the Homeric poems.
b. Conveyance or passage through a medium, as of light, heat, sound, etc.; spec. in Radio and Television (see transmit v. 3b); also, a series of electric signals or electromagnetic waves transmitted, a broadcast.
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the world > movement > transference > [noun] > conveying or transporting > conveying by a channel or medium > of motion or energy
propagation1656
transmission1704
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > emission of light, radiation > [noun] > transmission
trajection1633
transmission1704
propagation1854
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > transmission of heat > [noun]
propagation1804
conduction1814
transmission1815
the world > matter > physics > science of sound > sound-waves > [noun] > transmission
propagation1723
transmission1834
society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun]
transmission1907
broadcast1922
programme1922
edition1934
prog1937
society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > transmission
sendingc1865
transmission1907
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [noun] > transmission of signal
transmission1907
radiation1908
1704 I. Newton Opticks ii. iii. 66 Their reflexion or transmission depends on the constitution of the Air and Water behind the Glass.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 7 Which greatly retards the transmission of the heat.
1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. xvii. 147 The transmission of sound as well as light is impeded in passing through an atmosphere of variable density.
1881 Sir W. Armstrong in Nature 8 Sept. 449/1 To force a transmission of heat from the fire to the water in the boiler.
1907 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 731 To determine how many oscillations..take place in a certain wireless transmission.
1921 Wireless World 9 52/2 In Surrey and Kent the transmissions were easily read.
1923 Radio Times 5 Oct. 15/2 Transmission from London of Dance Music by Savoy Orpheans.
1929 Radio Times 8 Nov. 412/1 11.00–11.30 (London only.) Experimental television transmission by the Baird Process.
1930 B.B.C. Year-bk. 310 One or two transmissions are, perhaps, being sent to the provinces via the S.B. lines.
1959 Viewpoint July 10 A few days before transmission the final camera script will be typed.
1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio v. 99 We have..wide-range hi-fi, demanding not only high-quality transmissions but also a wide dynamic range.
1966 Listener 11 Aug. 204/2 The Black and White Minstrel Show..has just completed eighty-five transmissions.
1977 Home Office: Rep. Comm. Future of Broadcasting ii. 8 in Parl. Papers 1976–7 (Cmnd. 6753) VI. 1 The Government..has to regulate the strength of the transmissions to prevent interference with other stations.
c. Biology. The transmitting of the peculiar nature, or of some character, of an organism to its descendants; hereditary conveyance.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > hereditary transmission
traduction1546
transmission1871
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. ii. xviii. 297 Equal transmission of ornamental characters to both sexes.
1880 E. R. Lankester Degeneration 13 An organism..inherits, that is to say, is born with—the peculiarities of its parents; this is known as Transmission.
1890 Sc. Gossip XXVI. 66 Questions of protective resemblance and hereditary transmission.
d. Mechanics. Transference of motive force from one place to another; concrete a device for effecting this; spec. short for transmission-gear n. at Compounds 2.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > parts which provide power > [noun] > transmitters
carrier1733
pitman1813
driver1819
friction-cone1842
universal joint1856
cardan joint1868
reach rodc1871
Hooke coupling1883
friction-disc1888
impeller1890
transmission-gear1894
transmission1906
fluid flywheel1930
Hooke's joint1930
torque converter1934
fluid coupling1940
UJ1970
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > transmission
transmission-gear1894
transmission1906
trans1954
1906 Daily Chron. 28 June 2/7 There are four large and eleven smaller electric motors driving the transmissions.
1906 Daily Chron. 28 June 2/7 Improvements in devices for preventing accidents with transmissions.
1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Transmission,..3. Horol., the train of a watch, etc.
Compounds
C1. attributive.
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1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic ix. 219 The sound will be partly reflected.., and the direction of the transmission wave changed.
1894 Daily News 3 Nov. 5/3 A large proportion of the sailors paid off there have gladly availed themselves of the transmission scheme.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 14 Nov. 14/2 Double universal joints to maintain true alignment between the power- and transmission-shafts.
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transmission electron microscope n. an electron microscope in which the electrons are detected after they pass through the specimen; spec. one in which all parts of the image are formed at the same time.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > microscope > electron microscopes
microscope1907
electron microscope1932
field emission microscope1941
field ion microscope1952
scanning electron microscope1953
SEM1968
stereoscan1968
transmission electron microscope1969
STM1982
1969 Jrnl. Ultrastruct. Res. 27 403 The resolution of the scanning instrument is an order of magnitude less than that of present transmission electron microscopes.
1971 Sci. Amer. Apr. 26 The transmission electron microscope is analogous to a conventional light microscope.
1972 Sci. Amer. Jan. 55/2 The scanning electron microscope is capable of a range of magnifications that overlaps the range of the light microscope or hand magnifying glass at the low end and the range of the transmission electron microscope at the high end.
transmission electron microscopy n.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical skills and techniques > [noun] > use of instruments
microscopy1665
telescopy1802
photometry1807
stereoscopy1861
polariscopy1872
ultramicroscopy1906
pseudoscopy1910
fluorescence microscopy1932
stroboscopy1932
electron microscopy1934
phase microscopy1946
X-ray microscopy1948
strioscopy1967
stereoviewing1968
transmission electron microscopy1968
photopolarimetry1974
STM1982
1968 Jrnl. Electron Microscopy 17 164/1 Experimental procedures to determine the direction and the sign of the Burgers vector..of a dislocation by means of transmission electron microscopy are described.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XII. 137/2 Recently, scanning instruments have been used for transmission electron microscopy, with the advantage over the conventional transmission instrument that very low magnification..may be used.
transmission-gear n. mechanism for transmitting the power of an engine, etc.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > parts which provide power > [noun] > transmitters
carrier1733
pitman1813
driver1819
friction-cone1842
universal joint1856
cardan joint1868
reach rodc1871
Hooke coupling1883
friction-disc1888
impeller1890
transmission-gear1894
transmission1906
fluid flywheel1930
Hooke's joint1930
torque converter1934
fluid coupling1940
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > transmission
transmission-gear1894
transmission1906
trans1954
1894 Prospect. Tramway Motor Co. 2 A transmission gear giving a wide range of continuously varying speed and inversely varying tractive effort.
1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Scaffolding 60 The endeavour to dispense with transmission gear between motor and machine constitutes to-day a recognised principle of construction [in cranes].
transmission line n. a conductor or set of conductors designed to carry electricity (esp. on a large scale) or electromagnetic waves with minimum loss and distortion; also transferred.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > electromagnetic induction > [noun] > conductor
inductor1837
transmission line1906
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > distribution system > [noun] > transmission line
line1886
power line1894
transmission line1906
tie-line1949
1906 Westm. Gaz. 22 Jan. 8/1 The electricity will be conveyed at high pressure to a central spot on the transmission lines.
1946 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 93 iiia. 33/1 It has become the common..practice to restrict the term ‘wave guide’ to devices employing a single hollow conductor, and to reserve the term ‘transmission line’ to devices employing two conductors.
1970 New Scientist 15 Oct. (Suppl.) 13/1 The basic elements in microwave circuits are always some form of transmission lines.
1971 Sci. Amer. Sept. 235/1 (advt.) This..guide is..suited for use as an optical transmission line, carrying laser beams in any direction it is bent.
transmission loss n. dissipation of electrical or acoustic power during its passage from one point to another.
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the world > matter > physics > science of sound > sound-waves > [noun] > transmission > loss of power during
transmission loss1922
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > distribution system > [noun] > transmission line > loss during transmission
line drop1894
line loss1894
transmission loss1922
1922 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics II. 862/1 The problem of finding the transmission loss due to a piece of apparatus inserted in..a telephone line is the problem of finding out how the current entering the receiving side is altered by the inserted or bridged apparatus.
1934 Discovery Dec. 348/1 The transmission loss in steel framing is only one decibel per 1,000 feet, a loss which is acoustically negligible.
1975 D. G. Fink Electronics Engineers' Handbk. xviii. 67 The transmission loss [of a radio circuit] is usually expressed in decibels.
transmission print n. (see quot. 1960).
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > printing > [noun] > a print > other types of print
mute1933
answer print1940
internegative1952
married print1953
transmission print1960
1960 O. Skilbeck ABC of Film & TV Working Terms 137 Transmission print, positive copy of a film intended for T.V. showings.
1976 Broadcast 29 Nov. 18/2 Once ‘shot’ the film has to be ‘processed’... A transmission print is achieved several generations later.
Derivatives
transˈmissional adj.
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society > communication > broadcasting > [adjective]
broadcast1922
broadcasted1923
transmissional1930
1930 Observer 4 May 26 Sometimes the music sounded ghostly. There were a few transmissional hiccoughs too.
transˈmissionist n. one who holds the theory of the hereditary transmission of acquired characters; also attributive.
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the world > life > biology > theories > person holding theory > [noun] > of genetics or evolution
transmutationist1844
progressionist1845
developist1846
developmentist1847
monogenist1857
polygenist1857
Darwinian1860
Darwinite1860
developmentarian1860
permutationist1860
developmentalist1862
monogenesist1862
polygenesist1862
Darwinist1864
evolutionist1866
natural selectionist1869
homogenist1874
derivationist1875
transformista1879
hereditarian1881
hereditist1885
derivatist1887
preformationist1888
fortuitist1890
Lamarckite1890
neo-Lamarckian1890
neo-Darwinist1891
vestigian1891
neo-Darwinian1892
selectionist1892
preformist1895
recapitulationist1897
transmissionist1899
Mendelian1903
mutationist1903
Weismannian1903
adaptationist1904
Mendelist1906
Lysenkoist1949
Morganist1950
Lamarckian1953
gradualist1970
macromutationist1975
punctuationalist1978
saltationist1978
punctuationist1980
1899 J. A. Thomson Sci. of Life xvi. 226 The Lamarckians and Buffonians..believe in the transmission of acquired characters or modifications. They are sometimes, though not elegantly, called ‘transmissionists’.
1900 C. L. Morgan Animal Behaviour iii. §5. 113 It forms a very pretty subject for transmissionists and their critics to quarrel over.
1900 C. L. Morgan Animal Behaviour iii. §5. 114 Let us expand the transmissionist position a little further.
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Transmission Control Protocol n. Computing a protocol that governs the reliable delivery of data packets over a local or wide area network and sets up a connection between the sending and receiving computers; abbreviated TCP.
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1974 V. Cerf et al. Request for Comments (Network Working Group) (Electronic text) No. 675. 1 This document describes the functions to be performed by the internetwork Transmission Control Program (TCP) and its interface to programs or users.]
1976 L. Garlick Request for Comments (Network Working Group) (Electronic text) No. 721. 1 Such a satisfactory mechanism does not exist in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) of Cerf et. al.
1985 Canad. Jrnl. Operational Res. 23 294 The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) of ARPANET is one of the most popular transport level communication protocols in use today.
2001 Internat. Jrnl. Satellite Communications 19 29 High-bandwidth satellites offer the promise of a rapidly deployable communications infrastructure... However, many widely used versions of the transmission control protocol perform poorly over satellite links.
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