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transmission

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


NOUN
a mechanism for transmitting power
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Ma suspects the real reason is because “as the monopoly operator of long-distance transmission, State Grid can impose arbitrary fees.”

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

About half of the proposed spending from the 51 utilities would go toward upgrading the transmission system, much of which is decades old.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

This suggests very few of these cases were caused by mother-to-child transmission.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Investigators found that the fire was ignited when equipment failed on a decades-old PG&E transmission line.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

This direct transmission into milk had been demonstrated experimentally for heptachlor in 1955, long before the control program was undertaken, and was later reported for dieldrin, also used in the fire ant program.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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