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*I. 1. a. trans. 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.
::b. intr. (for refl.) To pass to the heirs.
:2. fig. To convey or [[communicate]] (usually something immaterial) to another or others; to pass on, esp. by inheritance or [[genetics|heredity]]; to hand down.
:3. [[Physics]] and Mech. 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 fig.
::b. To send out electric signals or electromagnetic [[wave]]s corresponding to (an image, a programme, etc.).
*II. 4. Radio. The infin. used, freq. attrib., 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, switch, the button or switch used to activate the transmitter; also ellipt. Hence transmitted ppl. a.; transmitting vbl. n. and ppl. a.; transmitting station, a building or establishment from which radio or television signals are transmitted.
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*I. 1. a. trans. 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.
::b. intr. (for refl.) To pass to the heirs.
:2. fig. To convey or [[communicate]] (usually something immaterial) to another or others; to pass on, esp. by inheritance or [[genetics|heredity]]; to hand down.
:3. [[Physics]] and Mech. 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 fig.
::b. To send out electric signals or electromagnetic [[wave]]s corresponding to (an image, a programme, etc.).
*II. 4. Radio. The infin. used, freq. attrib., 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, switch, the button or switch used to activate the transmitter; also ellipt. Hence transmitted ppl. a.; transmitting vbl. n. and ppl. a.; transmitting station, a building or establishment from which radio or television signals are transmitted.
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