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• v.传送, 传播
• ［英］ v.传送, 传播 ( to send or convey from one person or place to anothe)
• ［记］ trans ( 横过) +mit ( 送) -> 送过去 -> 传送
• ［例］ transmit one's ideas to other people

Webster Collegiate

verb (transmitted; transmitting)

• Etymology: Middle English transmitten, from Latin transmittere, from trans- + mittere to send
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to send or convey from one person or place to another ; forward
    • b. to cause or allow to spread: as
      • (1) to convey by or as if by inheritance or heredity ; hand down
      • (2) to convey (infection) abroad or to another
  • 2.
    • a.
      • (1) to cause (as light or force) to pass or be conveyed through space or a medium
      • (2) to admit the passage of ; conduct <glass transmits light>
    • b. to send out (a signal) either by radio waves or over a wire
• intransitive verb
  • to send out a signal either by radio waves or over a wire
• ? transmittable adjective
• ? transmittal noun

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