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transmission

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


NOUN
a mechanism for transmitting power
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It said the fault caused a brief surge of electricity on its four live transmission lines in Eaton Canyon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

One fascinating thread follows energy-fertilizer-food transmission chains throughout history, concluding that what people thought was a financial shock in 2008 was also linked to energy and fertilizer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

An Ebola burial team was reportedly attacked this week in South Kivu province, forcing responders to abandon a coffin and raising fears of further transmission.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Achieving that milestone could dramatically reshape electronics, communications systems, and power transmission technologies.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

It was not enough; I saw the blank windows; and that was more terrible than the specters of memory with their piercing gaze; that absence; those sheets of glass that held no image but transmission.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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