transmissible

[trans-mis-uh-buhl, tranz-] / trænsˈmɪs ə bəl, trænz- /

ADJECTIVE

contagious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deadly endemic infectious poisonous spreading

WEAK

catching epidemic epizootic impartible inoculable pestiferous pestilential taking transmittable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

harmless

WEAK

noncommunicable

ADJECTIVE

hereditary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

genetic inborn transmitted

WEAK

ancestral bequeathed family genealogical handed-down heritable inbred inheritable inherited lineal maternal paternal patrimonial traditional willed

Antonyms

STRONGEST

acquired

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An airport that qualifies for Category II must install many "transmissometers" to measure local visibility along its two-mile runway, and it must be equipped with the best and brightest of runway and approach lights.

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