transmit

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   send from one person or place to another

   transmit a message

2. 2
   verb

   To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.

   The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way.

3. 3
   verb

   To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).

   A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel.

4. 4
   verb

   To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.

   The Mayday call transmitted successfully.

5. 5
   verb

   broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

6. 6
   verb

   transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

7. 7
   verb

   transfer to another

8. 8
   verb

   To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.

Etymology

From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “across-send”).