TRANSMISSION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TRANSMISSION?

Need another word that means the same as “transmission”? Find 34 synonyms and 30 related words for “transmission” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Transmission” are: transmission system, contagion, infection, transmittance, transmittal, transmitting, transference, transferral, passing on, communication, conveyance, imparting, channelling, carrying, relaying, dispatch, mediation, broadcasting, putting on air, putting on the air, airing, radioing, telecasting, showing, publication, emission, broadcast, programme, show, presentation, feature, telecast, videocast, podcast

Transmission as a Noun

Definitions of "Transmission" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “transmission” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Communication by means of transmitted signals.
• The fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance.
• An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted.
• The act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted.
• A programme or signal that is broadcast or sent out.
• The action or process of transmitting something, or the state of being transmitted.
• The gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle.
• The mechanism by which power is transmitted from an engine to the axle in a motor vehicle.

Synonyms of "Transmission" as a noun (34 Words)

airing	A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence. He took the dogs for an airing.
broadcast	Message that is transmitted by radio or television. The Queen s annual Christmas TV broadcast.
broadcasting	The transmission of programmes or information by radio or television. The state monopoly on broadcasting.
carrying	The act of carrying something.
channelling	A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record.
communication	Social contact. A communications network.
contagion	Any disease easily transmitted by contact. Through personal hygiene the spread of common contagions is discouraged.
conveyance	Act of transferring property title from one person to another. Such protective measures might be taken before the conveyance is concluded.
dispatch	The killing of someone or something. The situation might change so he should proceed with dispatch.
emission	The production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation. Cuts in carbon dioxide emissions.
feature	A part of the face, such as the mouth or eyes, making a significant contribution to its overall appearance. One salient feature of the case has been overlooked.
imparting	The transmission of information.
infection	(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure. Ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable.
mediation	The act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement. The parties have sought mediation and it has failed.
passing on	The motion of one object relative to another.
podcast	A digital audio file made available on the internet for downloading to a computer or mobile device, typically available as a series, new instalments of which can be received by subscribers automatically.
presentation	A visual representation of something. She gave the trophy but he made the presentation.
programme	A radio or television channel. The British nuclear power programme.
publication	A copy of a printed work offered for distribution. The publication of April trade figures.
putting on air	The option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date.
putting on the air	The option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date.
radioing	An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals.
relaying	A race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance.
show	An outward display intended to give a false impression. A remarkable show of skill.
showing	The action of showing something or the fact of being shown. Alsatian dog championship quality excellent results in showing.
telecast	A television broadcast.
telecasting	Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects.
transference	The redirection to a substitute usually a therapist of emotions that were originally felt in childhood in a phase of analysis called transference neurosis. Therapy is aided by the patient s transference to the analyst as mother.
transferral	The act of moving something from one location to another. The transferral of ownership in the form of a takeover.
transmission system	The act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted.
transmittal	A brief letter or note sent with a document or parcel to explain the contents. A law prohibiting unlicensed money transmittals.
transmittance	The fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance.
transmitting	The act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted.
videocast	A podcast with video content. Our site has loads of extra features from photo galleries to videocasts.

Usage Examples of "Transmission" as a noun

• Television transmissions.
• Transmission equipment.
• A three-speed automatic transmission.
• Data transmission.
• The transmission of knowledge.
• The transmission of the virus.

Associations of "Transmission" (30 Words)

canker	Become infected with a canker. Racism remains a canker at the heart of the nation.
cholera	An infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine, typically contracted from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and diarrhoea.
contagion	Any disease easily transmitted by contact. Through personal hygiene the spread of common contagions is discouraged.
contagious	(of a person) having a disease that can be transmitted by contact with other people. It is a relatively new disease and very contagious.
encephalitis	Inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis’ is no longer in scientific use.
epidemic	Of the nature of an epidemic. Epidemic diseases.
epizootic	An outbreak of an epizootic disease. An epizootic disease.
flu	Influenza. She was in bed with flu.
hookworm	Infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body usually through the skin.
infect	Affect in a contagious way. Your children have infected you with this head cold.
infection	(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease. The infection of his enthusiasm for poetry.
infectious	Liable to spread infection. A loud infectious laugh.
influenza	A highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever, severe aching, and catarrh, and often occurring in epidemics.
malaria	An intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite which invades the red blood cells and is transmitted by mosquitoes in many tropical and subtropical regions.
measles	An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children. Women queue to have their children immunized against measles.
pandemic	An outbreak of a pandemic disease. A pandemic outbreak of malaria.
pathogen	A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
pestilence	A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal. Racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation.
pestilential	Relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases. A pestilential malignancy in the air.
plague	A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium typically with the formation of buboes bubonic plague and sometimes infection of the lungs pneumonic plague. A plague of grasshoppers.
pox	Smallpox.
smallpox	A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.
telegraphic	(especially of speech) omitting inessential words; concise. Telegraphic speech.
transmissible	(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection. Transmissible tradition.
tuberculosis	An infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules (tubercles) in the tissues, especially the lungs.
typhoid	An infectious bacterial fever with an eruption of red spots on the chest and abdomen and severe intestinal irritation.
typhus	An infectious disease caused by rickettsiae, characterized by a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usually delirium, and historically a cause of high mortality during wars and famines. There are several forms, transmitted by vectors such as lice, ticks, mites, and rat fleas.
vaccine	Immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies. There is no vaccine against the virus.
viral	(of an image, video, piece of information, etc.) circulated rapidly and widely from one internet user to another. A severe viral infection.
virus	An infection or disease caused by a virus. Bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread.