trans·mit
(trăns-mĭt́, trănz-)
[Middle English transmitten, from Latin trānsmittere, trāns-, trans-, + mittere, to send.]
verb: -mit·ted, -mit·ting, -mits.
transitive verb
- To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey. See synonyms at convey See synonyms at send1
- To cause to spread; pass on: transmit an infection.
- To impart or convey to others by heredity or inheritance; hand down.
- To pass along (news or information); communicate.
- Electronics To send (a signal), as by wire or radio.
- Physics To cause (a disturbance) to propagate through a medium.
- To convey (force or energy) from one part of a mechanism to another.
intransitive verb
- To send out a signal.
derivatives
- trans·mit́ta·ble
- adjective