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transmission

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


NOUN
a mechanism for transmitting power
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"Although it does not yet move easily between humans, we have to treat human-to-human transmission as a real possibility," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Using environmental transmission electron microscopy, they observed bulk oxygen spillover in Ru/rutile-TiO2 catalysts for the first time.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

Readying California for offshore wind power will require a perfect concert of major port upgrades, hundreds of miles of new transmission lines and wind turbines as tall as the Eiffel Tower.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

About half of the proposed spending from the 51 utilities would go toward upgrading the transmission system, much of which is decades old.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

He’s amused us more than once by trying to pass on the news he’s just heard, since the message invariably gets garbled in transmission.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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