Transmitted

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Transmit \Trans*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transmitted}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Transmitting}.] [L. transmittere, transmissum;
     trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F. transmettre. See
     {Missile}.]
     1. To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by
        sending; to send from one person or place to another; to


        pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a
        memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or
        bills of exchange, from one country to another.
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              The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as
              Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of
              evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through
              a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the
              gospel.                               --Milton.
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              The scepter of that kingdom continued to be
              transmitted in the dynasty of Castile. --Prescott.
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     2. To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light;
        metals transmit, or conduct, electricity.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  transmit
       v 1: transfer to another; "communicate a disease" [syn: {convey},
             {communicate}]
       2: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
          carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
          "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: {conduct}, {convey}, {carry},
           {channel}]
       3: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We
          cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: {air}, {send}, {broadcast},
           {beam}]
       4: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
          message" [syn: {transfer}, {transport}, {channel}, {channelize},
           {channelise}]
       [also: {transmitting}, {transmitted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  transmitted
       adj 1: sent electronically as by wire or radio; "the transmitted
              signals"
       2: tending to occur among members of a family usually by
          heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits";
          "genetically transmitted features" [syn: {familial}, {genetic},
           {hereditary}, {inherited}, {transmissible}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  transmitted
       See {transmit}