transmisson.html - adj.
situated or going beyond the sea. [L transmarinus f. marinus MARINE]

transmisson.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)]

transmisson.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)]

transmisson.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)]

transmisson.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)]

transmisson.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.