v.tr. (transmitted, transmitting)
1. a pass or hand on; transfer (transmitted the message; how diseases are transmitted). b communicate (ideas, emotions, etc.).
2 a allow (heat, light, sound, electricity, etc.) to pass through; be a medium for. b be a medium for (ideas, emotions, etc.) (his message transmits hope).
3 broadcast (a radio or television programme).
Derivatives:
transmissible adj. transmissive adj. transmittable adj. transmittal n.
Etymology: ME f. L transmittere (as TRANS-, mittere miss- send)