transmission English · revision 5942

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1611|origins=la transmissio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /trænzˈmɪʃ.ən/, /trɑːnzˈmɪʃ.ən/, US /trænzˈmɪʃ.ən/, /trænˈsmɪʃ.ən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|trānsmissiō|t=a sending over or across, passage]] (accusative transmissionem),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) perhaps also through Old French transmission,^(Barnhart 1988) a noun of action from trānsmissus, the past participle of [[m|la|trānsmittere|t=to send over or across]] (see [[transmit]]),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[trans-]] and mittere “to send” (see [[mission]]).^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Conveyance or transfer from one person or place to another: 1611, in Florio's dictionary.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ By the mid-18th century it was used of the communication of information.^(Etymonline) In physics, the passage of light or heat through a medium is from 1704,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) later extended to radio, by 1907, and electronic signals.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) In biology, heredity, the passing on of characters to offspring, is from 1871.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The transference of motive force is from 1906 in the OED,^(OED 1989) and the part of a motor vehicle that carries power from the engine to the axle, the gearbox, from 1894.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) Transmission lines for high-voltage electricity are from 1906.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1611 – conveyance, transfer.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1704 – of light or heat.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1871 – heredity.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1894 – a car's transmission.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1906 – transmission line.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1907 – a radio transmission.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of passing something on, such as a [[disease]] or information.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A [[broadcast]], or the sending out of radio or television signals.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The system of gears that carries power from a vehicle's engine to its wheels; a [[gearbox]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The passage of light, heat or sound through a medium.^(Collins 2023)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[transmissive]]

+ * [[transmissivity]]

+ * [[transmissively]]

+ * [[transmissiveness]]

+ * [[neurotransmission]]

+ * [[nontransmission]]

+ * [[pretransmission]]

+ * [[retransmission]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[transmissible]]

+ * [[transmit]]

+ * [[transmitter]]

+ * [[mission]]

+ * [[emission]]

+ * [[admission]]

+ * [[trans-]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}