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transmission

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


NOUN
a mechanism for transmitting power
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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

“It requires the government to face down the monopoly that is State Grid, which controls more than 90% of the country’s electricity transmission and distribution.”

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

This suggests very few of these cases were caused by mother-to-child transmission.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

From there, two new 500-kilovolt transmission lines will connect to the state’s electric grid — some 400 miles of new line total.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The original magnet design called for using copper for the electromagnet coils and the massive transmission bus that carried electricity to the racetracks.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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