transmitting
/trænzˈmɪtɪŋ/
adjective
- Serving to send or pass something, especially signals or diseases.
- The transmitting device needs a new battery.
- Mosquitoes are the transmitting agents for several tropical diseases.
- The transmitting antenna was damaged in the storm.
verb
- Sending out signals, messages, or information using technology.
- Our phones are constantly transmitting data to cell towers.
- The radio tower is transmitting a weather alert to all listeners.
- The satellite is transmitting high-definition images back to the control center.
- Passing a disease, quality, or feeling from one person or thing to another.
- The teacher was skilled at transmitting her enthusiasm for science to her students.
- Parents often find themselves transmitting their own fears to their children.
- The virus is transmitting quickly through the population.
- Sending or conveying something (such as light, sound, or heat) through a medium.
- Water is excellent at transmitting sound waves.
- Glass is good at transmitting light but not heat.
- The metal rod is transmitting the vibration from the engine to the frame.
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