transmissible
- adjective
- /trænˈmɪsəbl/
- Specialized
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hereditable
- The rights outlined in the contract are transmissible to the new owner of the property.
Examples
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Inheritance laws in this country state that certain properties are transmissible to a deceased person's descendants.
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The trust agreement makes it clear that the benefits of this fund are transmissible to any eligible heir.
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The Sirak, Mafa, and probably all other peoples of the region believe that qualities are transmissible by contagion between different sorts of entities.
Academic text (1991) -
Data from this study show that transmissible genetic elements containing resistance genes are exchanged with naive E. coli strains of the human intestinal microbiota during foreign travel combined with foodborne exposure.
Academic text (2013) -
This was because that "hidden dimension" of the museum recaptured the idea of authenticity inherent to the aura, defined by Walter Benjamin as "the quintessence of all that is transmissible in it from its origin on, ranging from its physical duration to the historical testimony relating to it." 5 #
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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5.4
A right or title a family gives to their children by law
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3.9
Able to be given to another person, for example a ticket
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5.8
A feature that passes from parents to children, for example eye color and family titles
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9.4
Able to be sold or given to another person
Can be passed down to family by law or custom, like land and titles
Property or rights passed down within a family for generations
A thing an owner can legally sell or give to another person
The law allows someone to give something they own to another person
Antonyms
How Transferable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transmissible also uses the same parts trans- 'across' and mittere 'to send' as the common word transmit. So when a right or title is 'transmissible' it can be 'sent across' or passed down to the next person in a family.