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transmission

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


NOUN
a mechanism for transmitting power
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By improving the fundamental understanding of superconductivity, researchers hope to eventually develop materials that function at everyday temperatures, which could transform energy transmission and computing technologies.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

The TerraPower reactor will deliver electricity into utility PacifiCorp’s multistate transmission system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Northumbria Police says this is only the second time a conviction has been made in England for the intentional transmission of HIV.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Pizarro has said that a leading theory is that a century-old transmission line, which had not carried power for 50 years, somehow re-energized to spark the blaze.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

In January 1943, Werner finds a second illegal transmission coming from an orchard on which a shell has fallen, cracking most of the trees in half.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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