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{
"term": "transmission",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the act or process of passing something from one person, place or thing to another",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the transmission of the disease"
},
{
"text": "the risk of transmission"
},
{
"text": "Classes are based on discussion rather than on the one-way transmission of knowledge."
},
{
"text": "The disease affects the transmission of messages from the nerve endings to the brain."
},
{
"text": "The virus's usual transmission route is by sneezing."
},
{
"text": "It is not known how far genetic transmission is responsible for the condition."
},
{
"text": "transmission from one aircraft to another"
}
],
"synonyms": "transfer",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["direct", "indirect", "onward"],
"verb + transmission": ["prevent", "reduce", "facilitate"],
"transmission + noun": ["equipment", "technology", "belt"],
"preposition": [
"transmission among",
"transmission between",
"transmission by"
],
"phrases": ["a mode of transmission", "a risk of transmission"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the act or process of sending out an electronic signal or message or of broadcasting a radio or television programme",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the transmission of computer data along telephone lines"
},
{
"text": "a break in transmission *(= of a radio or television broadcast)* due to a technical fault"
},
{
"text": "Do you know the date of transmission?"
},
{
"text": "There will be simultaneous transmission of the concert on TV and radio."
},
{
"text": "transmission by satellite"
},
{
"text": "The first transmission of the programme was on October 2 1952."
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["direct", "indirect", "onward"],
"verb + transmission": ["prevent", "reduce", "facilitate"],
"transmission + noun": ["equipment", "technology", "belt"],
"preposition": [
"transmission among",
"transmission between",
"transmission by"
],
"phrases": ["a mode of transmission", "a risk of transmission"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a radio or television message or broadcast",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a live transmission from Sydney"
},
{
"text": "The duet is taken from a 1943 radio transmission."
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["radio", "television", "TV"],
"verb + transmission": ["receive"],
"preposition": ["transmission from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the system in a vehicle by which power is passed from the engine to the wheels",
"examples": [],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["automatic", "manual", "4-speed"],
"transmission + noun": ["system"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈmɪʃn/",
"audio": "tr/transmission/transmission__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/trænzˈmɪʃn/",
"audio": "tr/transmission/transmission__us_2_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin transmissio(n-) (see trans-, mission)."
}