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transmission

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


NOUN
a mechanism for transmitting power
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The blaze ignited under Edison’s towering transmission lines that run through Eaton Canyon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

"Although it does not yet move easily between humans, we have to treat human-to-human transmission as a real possibility," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

They used an unusual property of transmission electron microscopes to recreate the process.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

The discovery of DNA means that the cell is, as Mr. Meyer says, “an enclosure of a sophisticated information storage, transmission and processing system.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

A gene, whatever it was, was capable of motion, transmission, and of energy-induced change—properties generally associated with chemical matter.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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