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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Transmit \Trans*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transmitted}; p. pr & vb n. {Transmitting}.] [L. transmittere, transmissum trans across over + mittere to send: cf F. transmettre See {Missile}.] 1. To cause to pass over or through to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another. The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the gospel. --Milton. The scepter of that kingdom continued to be transmitted in the dynasty of Castile. --Prescott. 2. To suffer to pass through as glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: transmit v 1: transfer or deliver to another, as of information; "convey the news to everyone" [syn: {convey}, {communicate}] 2: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of sounds or images; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: {conduct}, {convey}, {carry}, {channel}] 3: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: {air}, {send}, {broadcast}, {beam}] 4: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" [syn: {transfer}, {transport}, {channel}, {channelize}]
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