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transmission

[trans-mish-uhn, tranz-] / trænsˈmɪʃ ən, trænz- /


NOUN
a mechanism for transmitting power
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Power, permitting, financing, transmission and community opposition will kill plenty of projects.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

She increased prices this summer between 10% and 21% on all of her products, which include plastic insulators for high-voltage transmission wires.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

That appears to have been possible even before the bacterium developed the efficient flea-based transmission associated with later bubonic plague.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

"This is petrol stations, it's shopping malls, it's business centres, but it's especially energy infrastructure, energy transmission lines, and so on. There is absolutely no justification for that," he said.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

It had to possess chemical regularity—otherwise, routine processes such as copying and transmission would not work—but it also had to be capable of extraordinary irregularity—or else, the enormous diversity of inheritance could not be explained.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

It’s come to this: Some truck buyers are so turned off by hybrid engines and CVT transmissions that they would rather jump off the cliff with the buzzy EcoBoost 2.0-liter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Researchers recently used two of the world's most powerful radio telescopes to search the system for signs of artificial radio transmissions.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

According to Moody’s, the bank has tested quantum key distribution, a method leveraging quantum physics to secure data transmissions.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

MasTec is now a leading North American infrastructure and construction company, with 50% of its business from oil and natural-gas pipelines and 30% from high-voltage electric power transmissions, with just 25% from telecoms.

From MarketWatch May 13, 2026

Spurge said, “Thank you for the opportunity to explain, my lord. I was worried my feeble transmissions could not convey the whole complexity of the energy-making process.”

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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