to transmit

Examples

• All

• And sound is pressure waves that transmit through a medium.

• Actually, this one is transmitting only the green light.

• We need to transmit through structures that do not block the sound.

• I think it's clear that it's transmitted through the air.

• It's like radio, except you don't want to transmit the sound signal, but the energy.

  Sabine Hossenfelder

• Images and messages we receive and transmit are profoundly shaped by our culture.

  Academic text (2013)

• It transmits your location to a satellite which can be read by only this computer.

  Mission: Impossible II (2000)

• The robotic spacecraft will investigate and transmit to Earth information about the Martian landscape and atmosphere.

  Academic text (1992)

• The scientists were able to transmit the data from the remote sensors back to the control center.

• This device can transmit audio signals without any cables, making it very convenient.

Synonyms

S

to send

vsto transmit

602 3.2

Show a program to many people on radio or television

is broader, covering any medium transmission not only broadcast sending

B

to beam

vsto transmit

346 3.7

To send a television or radio show to many people

encompasses general passing of energy or signals beyond broadcast action

C

to carry

vsto transmit

325 2.0

Send sound or information from one place to another

focuses on enabling movement through a medium rather than simple movement

C

to convey

vsto transmit

199 3.4

To send information, ideas, or feelings to someone

is more about carrying energy or signals through a medium

P

to pass on

vsto transmit

134 2.7

To give something to another person, often information or a message

is about moving physical or energetic signals through a medium rather than handing over

C

to channel

vsto transmit

130 4.4

To direct feelings, energy, or money toward a goal

is the neutral physical act of carrying through a medium rather than directing purpose

R

to relay

vsto transmit

102 3.5

To receive and then pass on a message or signal

involves direct medium transmission rather than forwarding after receipt

E

to emit

vsto transmit

91 4.4

Send out light, heat, sound or gas

often involves acting as the transmission medium rather than originating emission

P

to pass along

vsto transmit

76 2.5

Give news, a message, or something you received to another person

covers moving signals or energy through a medium, not person-to-person transfer

C

to conduct

vsto transmit

18 5.1

To allow heat or electricity to pass through something

serves as the medium for movement rather than just letting pass through

G

to give out

vsto transmit

8 2.9

To send out light, heat, sound or a smell

focuses on moving through a medium rather than simply originating output

P

to propagate

vsto transmit

• Specialized

5 7.0

Travel through a material, for example sound or light

is the general act of passing energy or signals, not only wave motion

C

to communicate

vsto transmit

• Specialized

2 3.4

Pass a disease from one person or animal to another

centres on physical or signal movement through a medium rather than spreading among people

G

to give forth

vsto transmit

• Archaic

1 5.5

To send out a sound, light, or smell

is concerned with enabling passage through a medium rather than merely giving out

Antonyms

R

to receive

∞ 1.0

To get something that someone gives you

How Well

to transmit

84 3.9

to carry

∞ 1.0

attenuate

8.2

to block

∞ 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology