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transmission

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


NOUN
a mechanism for transmitting power
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But the human transmission of the Epuyen outbreak changed the scale of the fight, as one could get infected from their neighbor just as easily as from an Andean mouse.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Hantaviruses are usually carried by rodents, but human transmission of the Andes strain - which the WHO believes was contracted by some of the ship's passengers while in South America - is possible.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Much of that momentum reflects enthusiasm around the company’s recent pivot toward optical connectivity, which is in high demand in AI data centers where high-speed data transmission is crucial.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

The worry on the cruise ship is human-to-human transmission.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

To many traditionalists, Plato included, the age of the written word necessarily meant the end of a craft of oral transmission that had long nourished the Greek mind.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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