transmission
English Thesaurus
1. the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | sending, |
| definition | : | the act of causing something to go (especially messages) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | forwarding, |
| definition | : | the act of sending on to another destination (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | mailing, posting, |
| definition | : | the transmission of a letter (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | telephotography, |
| definition | : | transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance (noun.act) |
2. the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | gear, gear mechanism, |
| definition | : | a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | 4wd, four-wheel drive, |
| definition | : | a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | clutch, |
| definition | : | a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | fluid drive, |
| definition | : | an automotive power coupling (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | gear box, gear case, gearbox, |
| definition | : | the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | drive line, drive line system, |
| definition | : | mechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicle (noun.artifact) |
3. communication by means of transmitted signals (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | communicating, communication, |
| definition | : | the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | channels, |
| definition | : | official routes of communication (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | mass medium, medium, |
| definition | : | (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | multimedia, multimedia system, |
| definition | : | transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | modulation, |
| definition | : | (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | uplink, |
| definition | : | a transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | interrogation, |
| definition | : | a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | check character, |
| definition | : | a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission (noun.communication) |
4. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | incident, |
| definition | : | a single distinct event (noun.event) |
5. the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance (noun.quantity)
| hypernym | : | coefficient, |
| definition | : | a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic (noun.quantity) |
6. the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted (noun.act)
7. communication by means of transmitted signals (noun.communication)
8. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted (noun.event)
| derivation | : | infect, |
| definition | : | communicate a disease to (verb.body) |
9. the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted (noun.act)
10. communication by means of transmitted signals (noun.communication)
11. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted (noun.event)
| derivation | : | infect, |
| definition | : | communicate a disease to (verb.body) |
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