[trans.mit] vb trans.mit.ted ; trans.mit.ting [ME transmitten, fr. L transmittere, fr. trans- + mittere to send] vt (15c) 1 a: to send or convey from one person or place to another: forward b: to cause or allow to spread: as (1): to convey by or as if by inheritance or heredity: hand down (2): to convey (infection) abroad or to another
2. a (1): to cause (as light or force) to pass or be conveyed through space or a medium (2): to admit the passage of: conduct "glass ~s light" b: to send out (a signal) either by radio waves or over a wire ~ vi: to send out a signal either by radio waves or over a wire -- trans.mit.ta.ble adj -- trans.mit.tal n