transmit
verb
- convey information
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /tɹænsˈmɪt/ / /tɹænzˈmɪt/
verb
Etymology: From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “across-send”).
- To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
- To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
- To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.
- To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
- To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.
“The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way.”
- To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).
“A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel.”
- To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.
“The Mayday call transmitted successfully.”