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transmission

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


NOUN
a mechanism for transmitting power
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This suggests very few of these cases were caused by mother-to-child transmission.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Across the country, data-center developers are helping finance new generation, modernize transmission and improve system reliability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Officials say pulling it off will require a perfect concert of major port upgrades, hundreds of miles of new transmission lines and hundreds of wind turbines.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Hyperscalers can order servers and deploy them quickly, but the transformer that steps down high-voltage transmission to usable power cannot be rushed.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 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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