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transmit

verb
/tɹænsˈmɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “across-send”).

  1. derived from trānsmittō
  2. inherited from transmitten

Definitions

  1. To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.

  2. To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).

  3. To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).

    2. To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.

      • The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way.

    3. To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).

      • A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel.

    4. To go out

      To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated.

      • The Mayday call transmitted successfully.

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Derived

cross-transmit, press-to-transmit, push-to-transmit, transmittable, transmittal, transmitter, TX

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at transmit. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at transmit. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at transmit

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA