transmission

1. The act of sending a message;
   Causing a message to be transmitted (synset 100122186)
   is a type of: sending - the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
   subtypes:

   • forwarding - the act of sending on to another destination
   • mailing, posting - the transmission of a letter
   • telephotography - transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance
   same as: transmittal, transmitting
2. Communication by means of transmitted signals (synset 106261911)
   associated with: check character - a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission
   is a type of: communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
   subtypes:

   • conveyance, impartation, imparting - the transmission of information
   • airing, dissemination, public exposure, spreading - the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
   • channel, transmission channel - a path over which electrical signals can pass
   • channels - official routes of communication
   • mass medium, medium - (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
   • multimedia, multimedia system - transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)
   • electronic communication - communication by computer
   • fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics, fibreoptics - the transmission of light signals via glass fibers
   • modulation - (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase
   • uplink - a transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission
   • interrogation - a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder
3. The fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance (synset 113610206)
   is a type of: coefficient - a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
   same as: transmittance
4. An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted (synset 107375247)
   is a type of: incident - a single distinct event
   same as: contagion, infection
5. The gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle (synset 104479478)
   is a type of: gear, gear mechanism - a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
   subtypes:

   • automatic drive, automatic transmission - a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car
   • 4wd, four-wheel drive - a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle
   • hydraulic transmission, hydraulic transmission system - a transmission that depends on a hydraulic system
   • standard transmission, stick shift - a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal
   has:

   • clutch - a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism
   • fluid drive - an automotive power coupling
   • gear box, gear case, gearbox - the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
   is a part of: drive line, drive line system - mechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicle
   same as: transmission system

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