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別の表記

• trans (abbreviation)
• xmission (abbreviation)

語源

Borrowed from Latin transmissionem (accusative of transmissio), from transmittere.

発音

• enPR: trănsmĭ'shən, trănzmĭ'shən IPA: /tɹænsˈmɪʃən/, /tɹænzˈmɪʃən/
• 韻: -ɪʃən

名詞

transmission (countable and uncountable, plural transmissions)

1. The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
2. The fact of being transmitted.
3. Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture, or a disease; the sending of such a thing.

   Hyponyms: broadcast, narrowcast

4. (biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
5. (automotive, trucking, heavy equipment) A device, usually an assembly of gears (gearbox) plus a clutch or torque converter, through which power is sent from the engine to the driveshaft in an automobile (motor car or motor truck).

   Synonyms: gearbox (metonymically), tranny (informal)

   Hyponyms: automatic transmission, continuously variable transmission, CVT, DCT, MCT, manual transmission, semi-automatic transmission, stickshift, stick shift; slushbox (informal)

   Any vehicle with an internal combustion engine needs a transmission that can alter the gear ratio (engine RPM to wheel RPM) as the vehicle's speed changes.

6. (law) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
7. (medicine, biology) The passing of a pathogen or communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.
8. (textual criticism) The passing down of a text through time.

同意語

• (several senses): outsending

派生語

関連する語

• transmissible
• transmissive