Transmission may refer to:
Medicine, science and technology
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Power transmission
Power transmission is the movement of energy from its place of generation to a location where it is applied to perform useful work.
Power is defined formally as units of energy per unit time. In SI units:
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Since the develo ...
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Electric power transmission
Electric power transmission is the bulk movement of electrical energy from a generating site, such as a power plant, to an electrical substation. The interconnected lines that facilitate this movement form a ''transmission network''. This is ...
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Propulsion transmission
Propulsion transmission is the mode of transmitting and controlling propulsion power of a machine. The term ''transmission'' properly refers to the whole drivetrain, including clutch, gearbox, prop shaft (for rear-wheel drive vehicles), differe ...
, technology allowing controlled application of power
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Automatic transmission
An automatic transmission (sometimes abbreviated to auto or AT) is a multi-speed transmission used in internal combustion engine-based motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving c ...
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Manual transmission
A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission (mechanics), transmission ...
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Electric transmission (propulsion)
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Signal transmission
In telecommunications, transmission is the process of sending or propagating an analog or digital signal via a medium that is wired, wireless, or fiber-optic.
Transmission technologies typically refer to physical layer protocol duties suc ...
, the process of sending and propagating an analogue or digital information signal
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Analogue transmission
Analog transmission is a transmission method of conveying information using a continuous signal which varies in amplitude, phase, or some other property in proportion to that information. It could be the transfer of an analog signal, using an ana ...
- the process of sending and propagating an analogue signal
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Data transmission
Data transmission and data reception or, more broadly, data communication or digital communications is the transfer and reception of data in the form of a digital bitstream or a digitized analog signal transmitted over a point-to-point o ...
, the process of sending and propagating digital information
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Signaling (telecommunications)
In telecommunication, signaling is the use of signals for controlling communications. This may constitute an information exchange concerning the establishment and control of a telecommunication circuit and the management of the network.
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- transmission of meta-information related to the actual transmission
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Monetary transmission mechanism
The monetary transmission mechanism is the process by which asset prices and general economic conditions are affected as a result of monetary policy decisions. Such decisions are intended to influence the aggregate demand, interest rates, and amo ...
, process by which asset prices and general economic conditions are affected as a result of monetary policy decisions
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Pathogen transmission
In medicine, public health, and biology, transmission is the passing of a pathogen causing communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a particular individual or group, regardless of whether the other individual was previou ...
, the passing of a disease from an infected host individual or group to a particular individual or group
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Cellular signaling
In biology, cell signaling (cell signalling in British English) or cell communication is the ability of a cell to receive, process, and transmit signals with its environment and with itself. Cell signaling is a fundamental property of all cellula ...
- transmission of signals within or between living cells
* Transmission in genetics, known otherwise as
heredity
Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic inform ...
, the transfer of genetic information from genes to another generation
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Transmission (BitTorrent client)
Transmission is a BitTorrent client which features a variety of user interfaces on top of a cross-platform back-end. Transmission is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, with parts under the MIT License.
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, a free, open-source and cross-platform BitTorrent client application
Arts and entertainment
Music
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Transmission (band)
Transmission is an English experimental/ post-rock band based in the United Kingdom. The band includes former members of Killing Joke, Murder, Inc., The Verve, and Dreadzone.
Band members
*Tim Bran - vocals, keyboards
* Paul Ferguson - drums
*Si ...
, an English experimental/post-rock band
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Transmission (festival)
Transmission Festival (also known as Transmission) is a large indoor trance music event originally based in Prague, Czech Republic at the O2 Arena. In March 2014, the festival was held for the first time in Bratislava, Slovakia. Leaving Europe' ...
, an annual trance music event
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Transmission Communications
Transmission Communications (or Trans:Com) is an independent record label based in Brisbane, Australia. The label focusses on production and performance of electronic music; including techno, industrial, synthpop, experimental, and all manner o ...
, an Australian record label
Albums
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''Transmission'' (Gay Dad album) or the title song, 2001
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''Transmission'' (The Tea Party album) or the title song, 1997
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''Transmission'' (Violent Delight album) or the title song, 2003
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''Transmissions'' (Alan Silva and Oluyemi Thomas album), 1993
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''Transmissions'' (Juno Reactor album), 1993
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''Transmissions'' (Starset album), 2014
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''Transmission'' (Low EP), 1996
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''Transmission'' (Mêlée EP), 2001
Songs
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"Transmission" (song), by Joy Division, 1979
* "Transmission", a mashup by Neil Cicierega from ''
Mouth Silence
''Mouth Silence'' is the second mashup album by American musician and comedian Neil Cicierega. Following the format of his previous release, ''Mouth Sounds'', the album is composed of mashups and remixes of popular songs from the 1980s, 1990's, a ...
'', 2014
* "Transmissions", a song by the American band Bright from ''
The Albatross Guest House
''The Albatross Guest House'' is the second studio album by Bright. It came out as a split release CD on Darla Records (catalog #DRL-044) and Ba-Da-Bing! Records (catalog #BING-010) in 1997.
Track listing
All songs written by Bright
#"You Need ...
'', 1997
* "Transmissions', a song by the Irish band God Is an Astronaut from ''
Origins
Origin(s) or The Origin may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Comics and manga
* ''Origin'' (comics), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002
* ''The Origin'' (Buffy comic), a 1999 ''Buffy the Vampire Sl ...
'', 2013
Other media
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''Transmission'' (magazine), a UK literary magazine
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''Transmission'' (novel), a 2005 novel by Hari Kunzru
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''Transmission'' (TV programme), a British music programme
* ''Transmission'', a webcomic by Mark A. Smith, former cartoonist for ''
The Space Gypsy Adventures
The Space Gypsy Adventures is a children's sci-fi comedy radio and internet series created by Cumbrian broadcaster and cartoonist Terry Askew. It was first broadcast on British Hospital Radio in 1986 under the title of 'The Adventures of Leah, D ...
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Other uses
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Transmission (esotericism)
See also
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Transmit (file transfer tool), a FTP client for Mac OS X
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Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna (radio), antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which i ...
, a device for propagating electronic signals
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Transmissibility (disambiguation) Transmissibility may have several meanings:
* Transmissibility (vibration)
* Transmissibility (electromagnetism)
* Transmissivity, fluid flow in porous media
* Transmissibility (structural dynamics)
In most contexts, transmissibility is relate ...
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Transmittance
Transmittance of the surface of a material is its effectiveness in transmitting radiant energy. It is the fraction of incident electromagnetic power that is transmitted through a sample, in contrast to the transmission coefficient, which is t ...
of radiation, the propagation of electromagnetic waves through a medium
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Transmissivity (disambiguation)
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