transmit

 
Pronunciation: /tranzˈmɪt, trɑːnz-, -ns-/

verb (transmits, transmitting, transmitted)

[with object]
  • 1cause (something) to pass on from one person or place to another: knowledge is transmitted from teacher to pupil (as adjective transmitted) sexually transmitted diseases
  • communicate or be a medium for (an idea or emotion): the theatrical gift of being able to transmit emotion
  • 2broadcast or send out (an electrical signal or a radio or television programme): the programme was transmitted on 7 October
  • 3allow (heat, light, sound, electricity, or other energy) to pass through a medium: the three bones transmit sound waves to the inner ear

Derivatives

transmissibility

noun (chiefly Medicine)

transmissible

adjective (chiefly Medicine)

transmissive

Pronunciation: /-ˈmɪsɪv/
adjective

transmittable

adjective

transmittal

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin transmittere, from trans- 'across' + mittere 'send'

Spelling rule

If a verb ends with a single vowel plus a consonant, and the stress is at the end of the word (as in refer), double the last letter when adding endings which begin with a vowel: (transmits, transmitting, transmitted).