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[trans-mit, tranz-] / trænsˈmɪt, trænz- /


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To make it transmit radio waves, the team also needed a way to deliver an electrical signal to the plasma without relying on a conventional physical connection.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

Pillinger persuaded Britpop band Blur to compose a distinctive call-sign that Beagle 2 would transmit to Earth after landing.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Plus, an infected deer tick must keep its harpoon-like feeding tube in the bloodstream for 36 to 48 hours to transmit the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Linkages between financial institutions, derivatives, securitization and market structures create multiple paths that will rapidly transmit shocks, making it difficult to quarantine problems.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

She would whisper in her Uncle Marcos’s ear, and he in turn would transmit the message to the client, along with any improvisations of his own that he thought pertinent.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

The station transmits internet traffic through Poland to countries including Ukraine, and uses SpaceX systems that provide connectivity via Starlink terminals.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Daniel Senna, a 31-year-old patient at the Maugeri Hospital, transmits his pain level on a screen attached to the robot's chest.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

The system places a nonlinear waveguide between two optical filters, each of which transmits a different portion of the light spectrum.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026

The internet transmits more data in a single second than it did in an entire month in the early 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

He tells me to be careful, and that he will be monitoring anything that transmits through my microphone.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

The California Department of Public Health reports that West Nile virus activity in the state, which is transmitted from infected mosquitoes, has reached a five-year high, with over 250 cases to date and 19 fatalities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

An infected animal can pass rabies to another animal or to a person through its bite, but that’s not the only way it can be transmitted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Huygens noticed that clocks attached to the same support could gradually synchronize because of the weak mechanical interaction transmitted through that shared structure.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Littlejohns also points out that multiple data streams can be transmitted down the same channel to create more capacity.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

They were not allowed to eat or drink anything during their stay, for there was no doubt but that the illness was transmitted by mouth, and all food and drink had been contaminated by insomnia.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

It stopped transmitting at 16:37, a few miles north east of Drymen in Stirling.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

As the vessels multiply, they can contribute to inflammation and encourage the growth of sensory nerves involved in transmitting pain.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

In March 2000, as the bubble burst, shares of companies in the business of transmitting data, or networking, plummeted too.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

The lawsuit alleges people wearing the smart glasses were unwittingly transmitting data to Meta whenever they used Meta AI by saying “Hey Meta,” or sometimes accidentally when adjusting the glasses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Her optic nerve is transmitting those signals to her visual cortex.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon


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