to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.

to communicate, as information or news.

to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.

to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring

The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter.

Physics .

to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.

to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).

to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through

Glass transmits light.

Radio and Television . to emit (electromagnetic waves).

to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.

to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.

verb

get , receive , take

verb

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