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# transmission

«transmission» in Mova's school dictionary: **The passing of something from one person, place or thing…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (transmission — uncountable; a transmission, transmissions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The passing of something from one person, place or thing to another: the transmission of disease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmission/#m1)

2) Sending out radio, TV or electronic signals, or a programme or message sent: a live transmission. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmission/#m2)

3) The part of a car or vehicle that sends power from the engine to the wheels; the gearbox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmission/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons, washing hands stops the transmission of germs. In technology, signals travel by transmission through cables, radio waves or satellites. In mechanics, a car's transmission can be manual or automatic. In news, «the transmission was interrupted» means the broadcast stopped.

### examples

- Washing hands reduces the transmission of germs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmission/#x1)
- The radio transmission was full of crackles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmission/#x2)
- The live transmission of the match started at three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmission/#x3)
- Mosquitoes can spread disease by transmission through bites. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmission/#x4)
- The mechanic fixed the car's transmission. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmission/#x5)
- The spacecraft sent its last transmission back to Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmission/#x6)
- The theme of La Perette is of interest as showing the literary transmission of tales from Orient to Occident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmission/#x7)

### note

Verb: transmit. In the US «transmission» for the car part is common; in the UK «gearbox». Spelling: double s, -ssion.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «transmission» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmission/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.