Synonyms for transmission
trænsˈmɪʃ ən, trænz-trans·mis·sion

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1. transmission, transmittal, transmittingnoun

   the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted

   Synonyms:
   contagion, transmittance, transmitting, transmission system, infection, transmittal

2. transmissionnoun

   communication by means of transmitted signals

   Synonyms:
   contagion, transmittance, transmitting, transmission system, infection, transmittal

3. transmittance, transmissionnoun

   the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance

   Synonyms:
   transmittance, transmission system, transmitting, contagion, infection, transmittal

4. infection, contagion, transmissionnoun

   an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

   Synonyms:
   contagious disease, transmittance, contagion, transmittal, infection, transmitting, transmission system

5. transmission, transmission systemnoun

   the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle

   Synonyms:
   contagion, transmittance, transmitting, transmission system, infection, transmittal

Matched Categories

1. • Coefficient
   • Communication
   • Gear
   • Incident
   • Sending

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. transmissionnoun

   Synonyms:
   transferrence, transmittal, transfusion

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1. List of paraphrases for "transmission":

   transmittal, transaxle, transmitted, transmit, transmitting, transfer, forwarding, propeller, gearbox, transport, wheelhouse, transmittance, broadcast, transportation, pass-through, transmissions, broadcasting, streaming, spread, conveying, forwarded, dissemination, contagion, carriage, passing, tranny, communication, tx, handing-over, delivery

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1. Dirk Engels:

   For the moment, we're only tackling two: through blood transfusion and vector transmission, there are still gaps.

2. Christopher Murray:

   If you persisted with social distancing as New Zealand has, and don't relax, in a sense, from a public health point of view, prematurely social distancing, then you can certainly get transmission down to zero.

3. Peter Piot:

   With Ebola, you need to find every last case and stop all transmission, it may be that we won't be able to do that without a vaccine.

4. Anton Pozniak:

   I would suspect that even if there was transmission to babies, it was not harmful.

5. Van Kerkhove:

   The majority of transmission that we know about is that people who have symptoms transmit the virus to other people through infectious droplets -- but there are a subset of people who don't develop symptoms, and to truly understand how many people don't have symptoms, we don't actually have that answered yet, we do know that some people who are asymptomatic, or some people who don't have symptoms, can transmit the virus on.