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transmission

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


NOUN
a mechanism for transmitting power
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Meta will fund seven new natural gas power plants totaling more than 5,200 megawatts, 240 miles of 500 kilovolt transmission lines and battery energy storage across three locations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Strong interactions between the layers lead to very different transmission behaviors for left- and right-circularly polarized light under "normal incidence," or polarized light that hits perpendicular to the surface.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

They included improving coordination between transmission operators, distribution operators and other parties in the energy system.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

"The risk of transmission and further cases is usually highest in the first week after contact with a case and the probability rapidly decreases afterwards," Lee said.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

He was careful not to use scary military terms such as virus amplification, lethal chain of transmission, crash and bleed, or major pucker factor.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston