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Traditional English :: transmarine
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transmission.html - adj.
situated or going beyond the sea. [L transmarinus f. marinus MARINE] |
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Traditional English :: transmigrant
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transmission.html - adj. & n. --adj. passing through, esp. a country on the way to another. --n. a migrant or alien passing through a country etc. [L transmigrant-, part. stem of transmigrare (as TRANSMIGRATE)] |
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Traditional English :: transmigrate
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transmission.html - v.intr. 1 (of the soul) pass into a different body; undergo metempsychosis. 2 migrate. transmigration n. transmigrator n. transmigratory adj. [ME f. L transmigrare (as TRANS-, MIGRATE)] |
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Traditional English :: transmission
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transmission.html - n. 1 the act or an instance of transmitting; the state of being transmitted. 2 a broadcast radio or television programme. 3 the mechanism by which power is transmitted from an engine to the axle in a motor vehicle. transmission line a conductor or conductors carrying electricity over large distances with minimum losses. [L transmissio (as TRANS-, MISSION)] |
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Traditional English :: transmit
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transmission.html - v.tr. (transmitted, transmitting) 1 a pass or hand on; transfer (transmitted the message; how diseases are transmitted). b communicate (ideas, emotions, etc.). 2 a allow (heat, light, sound, electricity, etc.) to pass through; be a medium for. b be a medium for (ideas, emotions, etc.) (his message transmits hope). 3 broadcast (a radio or television programme). transmissible adj. transmissive adj. transmittable adj. transmittal n. [ME f. L transmittere (as TRANS-, mittere miss- send)] |
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Traditional English :: transmitter
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transmission.html - n. 1 a person or thing that transmits. 2 a set of equipment used to generate and transmit electromagnetic waves carrying messages, signals, etc., esp. those of radio or television. 3 = NEUROTRANSMITTER. |
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