transmission

transmission is a 12-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another.
2. noun. The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
3. noun. the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted

   Synonyms: transmittal, transmitting

4. noun. the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
5. noun. communication by means of transmitted signals
6. noun. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

   Synonyms: contagion, infection

7. noun. the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance

   Synonyms: transmittance

Synonyms

transmittal, transmitting, contagion, infection, transmittance

Common word forms

transmissions, transmissional

Words from these letters

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