transmitn.
/ˈtrɑːnzmɪt//ˈtranzmɪt//ˈtrɑːnsmɪt//ˈtransmɪt/ rare.
An act of transmitting; an order of transmission. Also attributive, as transmit warrant n. a warrant authorizing transmission.
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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
1672 Bp. of Derry in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 26 That yor Excellcy may not judge me heedles of that transmit to ye King before my leaving Dublin.
1741 W. Wilson Contin. Def. Reform. Princ. Ch. Scotl. (1769) 407 Their petition could not get the common right of a transmit to the assembly.
1908 Daily Chron. 11 May 1/5 The Court signed a transmit warrant for the conveyance of Mrs. Cleary to Claremorris, and she left with the police escort yesterday.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
transmitv.
/trɑːnzˈmɪt/, /tranzˈmɪt/, /trɑːnsˈmɪt/, /transˈmɪt/, U.S. /trænzˈmɪt/, /træn(t)sˈmɪt/ I. Senses relating to conveyance or communication.
1.
a. transitive. To cause (a thing) to pass, go, or be conveyed to another person, place, or thing; to send across an intervening space; to convey, transfer.
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the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > transmit
transmita1400
transmise1480
convey1528
communicate1534
demise1597
transmissa1643
society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > cause to be conveyed or send
i-send971
sendOE
transmita1400
waivea1400
to send down1455
envoy1481
to send over1483
remit1543
despeed1611
a1400–50 Alexander 4335 Nouthire to toly ne to taunde transmitte we na webbis, To vermylion ne violett ne variant littis.
1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον f. 53 Concernyng the holy citie (which is the feloship of the blessed) we graunt that no impure thinge may be transmitted vnto it. For they that die in the name and faith of Christ, are clensed with his bloud.
1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 21 From this time forward, vntill the seuenteenth year of King Iohn..there was no army transmitted out of England, to finish the Conquest.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 13 That Eusebian book of Evangelick preparation, transmitting our ears through a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the Gospel.
1701 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 77 Hasten in my rents and debts, and transmit them with all possible speed.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 376 The expense of transmitting heavy goods in this way was enormous.
1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark iii. 273 They merely transmitted my letter to the Secretary of State, without any recommendation.
b. intransitive (for reflexive). To pass to the heirs.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > descend by succession [verb (intransitive)] > pass as inheritance
descenda1325
demise1823
transmit1913
1913 H. Goudy in Ess. Legal Hist. of Congr. Hist. Stud. 208 Where..a delictal action was not strictly penal..it transmitted both actively and passively.
1913 H. Goudy in Ess. Legal Hist. of Congr. Hist. Stud. 218 In contracts the right of action almost invariably transmitted both to the heirs of the creditor and against the heirs of the debtor.
2. figurative. To convey or communicate (usually something immaterial) to another or others; to pass on, esp. by inheritance or heredity; to hand down.
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the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > transmit > pass on
transfude?a1475
derivea1530
transmit1629
derivate1643
to hand down1651
to hand on1685
to pass on1791
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > cause to descend by inheritance
traduce1568
convey1592
bequeath1614
transmit1629
deduce1633
to hand down1722
to pass down1854
1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 91 This word of faith..wee shall transmit and conuay it, euen vnto posterity.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 267 His Apostles..transmitted the same Spirit by Imposition of hands.
1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes v. 234 The House of Lords..had this power transmitted solely to them exclusive of the House of Commons.
1738 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 42 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 The said John Nairne..is likewise wholly disabled to take transmit or inherit any real or personal estate.
1828 R. Duppa Trav. Italy 84 A glowing diffusion of light, of which Claude's finest pictures transmit but a faint resemblance.
1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xiii. 290 Samuel..had actually transmitted the office by hereditary succession to his sons.
1910 Morning Post 28 June 3/7 Capacity for milk-production, for early maturity [etc.]..are definitely fixed, and definitely transmitted from good sires.
3.
a. Physics and Mechanics. To cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium; also, of a medium, to allow (light, etc.) to pass through; to conduct. Also, to convey (force or movement) from one part of a body, or of mechanism, to another. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > supply with energy [verb (transitive)] > transmit energy
propagate1656
transmit1664
the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > convey by a channel or medium
conductc1420
derive1483
channel1560
carry1565
convey1601
conduit1628
transmit1664
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > emission of light, radiation > radiate or transmit light [verb (transitive)]
diradiate1651
traject1657
transmit1664
eradiate1678
radiate1794
propagate1854
the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > convey by a channel or medium > motion or energy
propagate1656
transmit1664
the world > matter > physics > science of sound > sound-waves > emit, transmit [verb (transitive)]
propagate1656
transmit1833
scatter1955
the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > [verb (transitive)] > cause motion between particles
transmit1878
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 26 View her with a full light transmitted through a Burning-glass.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 156. ⁋2 Like light transmitted from room to room.
1795 Ld. Auckland Corr. (1862) III. 313 Imagination transmits some rays of your comfort at Beckenham to my pensive thoughts.
1831 D. Lardner Pneumatics iv. 267 It is the nature of a fluid to transmit pressure equally in every direction.
1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea iv. 54 How..the atmosphere, in its now approaching state, becomes incapable of transmitting sound to any distance.
1842 E. A. Parnell Elements Chem. Anal. (1845) 29 Hydrosulphate of ammonia is prepared by transmitting sulphuretted hydrogen gas through solution of ammonia.
1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xii. 2/2 The motion of the handle on deck is transmitted..by means of a series of shaftings and tooth-wheels.
1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xxv. 225 Gold possesses a brilliant yellow colour, and, in thin films, transmits green light.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 171 The motion is transmitted from particle to particle, to a great distance.
b. To send out electric signals or electromagnetic waves corresponding to (an image, a programme, etc.). Also intransitive.
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society > communication > telecommunication > [verb (transitive)] > transmit or relay
to get through1819
relay1872
transmit1877
uplink1975
downlink1978
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [verb (transitive)] > transmit signal
transmit1877
feed1952
1877 Pract. Mag. VII. 10/1 (heading) The Fac-simile Telegraph... An instrument which transmits by telegraph the weather maps of the Signal Service.
1923 Radio Times 28 Sept. 2/1 The first occasion..on which the voice of a public man had been transmitted simultaneously through six wireless stations hundreds of miles apart.
1930 B.B.C. Year-bk. 394 These transmitters were capable of transmitting very long distances, having regard to their power and the type of receiver in use.
1946 B.B.C. Year-bk. 93 A fourth European programme network..allowed four different languages to be transmitted simultaneously.
1969 Daily Tel. 31 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 25/1 Distribution..is mastered..with a centralised point in Tokyo, transmitting facsimile pages by microwave to be printed by offset all over the country.
1979 Financial Times 18 Sept. (Telecommunications Suppl.) p. vii/2 A related system, generically called teletext, uses the same basic format, but the information is transmitted on spare capacity of the normal television broadcast channels.
II. Specific senses in radio transmission.
4. Radio. The infinitive used, frequently attributive, in the sense ‘transmission’; so on transmit, of a transceiver: in the state of being able to transmit radio signals, with the transmitter switched on; transmit button n. transmit switch n. the button or switch used to activate the transmitter; also elliptical.
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society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [phrase] > transmitting
on transmit1968
society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radio set > button or switch used to activate transmitter
transmit switch1968
1968 J. Sangster Touchfeather xiv. 146 The radio suddenly crackled into life... Marvin flipped the transmit switch.
1973 ‘A. Hall’ Tango Briefing xii. 155 I hit the transmit. Tango. She answered straight away.
1976 L. Henderson Major Enq. xiv. 89 Keep your personal radio on transmit, don't try to talk but keep the channel open.
1976 K. Thackeray Crownbird vi. 122 He pressed the transmit button. ‘Listen carefully.’
1980 Basildon Recorder 12 Sept. 1/4 Leaving his personal radio on ‘transmit’, so officers below could hear what was going on.
Derivatives
transˈmitted adj.
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the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > transmitting or passing on > transmitted or passed on
transponent1612
transmiss1642
transmitted1794
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [adjective] > traditional
traditional1545
well-hallowed1576
traditionary1584
traditive1602
traditious1612
traditory1646
traductive1657
transmitted1794
tralatitious1795
handed-down1801
tralaticiary1900
trad1955
the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > relating to conveying or transporting > conveying as a channel or medium > conveyed by a channel or medium
transmitted1794
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 271 By reflected light, blackish brown; but, by transmitted light, yellowish.
1869 A. W. Haddan Apostolical Succession Church Eng. (1879) iii. 56 The Church..has been held together compactly by the very fact of its transmitted orders.
transˈmitting n. and adj.
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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
society > communication > telecommunication > [adjective] > transmitting
transmitter1876
transmitting1876
1671 R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. (ed. 2) App. 512 Study the transmitting of truth, and godliness.
1800 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 458 I tried the transmitting capacity of the glass, by exposing it with the rough side towards the sun, over one of the transmitting holes of the apparatus.
1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 137 The battery which is connected to..the transmitting portion of the apparatus.
transmitting station n. a building or establishment from which radio or television signals are transmitted.
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society > communication > broadcasting > broadcasting service > [noun] > broadcasting station
station1910
transmitting station1923
television station1926
rebroadcaster1930
TV station1945
1923 Radio Times 28 Sept. 26/3 The 2LO transmitting station.
1977 Whitaker's Almanack 759/1 There are two shortwave transmitting and receiving stations in Freetown.
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absol.
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society > communication > telecommunication > [verb (intransitive)] > transmit
transmit1924
1924 Harmsworth's Wireless Encycl. III. 1635/2 It is a common experience for ship sets of only one and a half kilowatts to transmit over a range of 1,000 miles.
1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four i. i. 6 The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously.
1960 How TV Works (Granada TV) v. 30 Headingley cannot transmit direct to Emley Moor because of the high ground near Morley.
1988 A. Lively Blue Fruit 109 You'll operate an auction to fill the information slots, then package and transmit using your VDU.
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