| transmit | 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. "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) "The scepter of that kingdom continued to be transmitted in the dynasty of Castile." (Prescott) 2. To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity. Origin: L. Transmittere, transmissum; trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F. Transmettre. See Missile. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| transmittance | <radiobiology> Ratio of the radiant power transmitted by an object to the incident radiant power. See: reflectivity. (09 Oct 1997) |
| transmitted light | <microscopy> The usual method for illuminating transparent microscopic specimens. The light is concentrated on the specimen by the substage condenser. Objects appear in outline (refraction images) or coloured on a bright field (colour images). (05 Aug 1998) |
| transmitter | One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portion of a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a message is sent; opposed to receiver. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |