Transmission may refer to:

Medicine, science and technology

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 ...

** Propulsion transmission, technology allowing controlled application of power *** Automatic transmission *** Manual transmission ***

Electric transmission (propulsion) Electric transmission or electric powerchain is a transmission system for propelling motor vehicles. It is used for a variety of applications in road, rail, and marine transport. The defining characteristic of electric transmission is that it ...

* Signal transmission, the process of sending and propagating an analogue or digital information signal ** Analogue transmission - the process of sending and propagating an analogue signal ** Data transmission, the process of sending and propagating digital information ** Signaling (telecommunications) - transmission of meta-information related to the actual transmission * Monetary transmission mechanism, process by which asset prices and general economic conditions are affected as a result of monetary policy decisions * Pathogen transmission, the passing of a disease from an infected host individual or group to a particular individual or group * Cellular signaling - 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 * Transmission (BitTorrent client), a free, open-source and cross-platform BitTorrent client application

Arts and entertainment

Music

* Transmission (band), an English experimental/post-rock band * Transmission (festival), an annual trance music event * Transmission Communications, an Australian record label

Albums

* ''Transmission'' (Gay Dad album) or the title song, 2001 * ''Transmission'' (The Tea Party album) or the title song, 1997 * ''Transmission'' (Violent Delight album) or the title song, 2003 * ''Transmissions'' (Alan Silva and Oluyemi Thomas album), 1993 * ''Transmissions'' (Juno Reactor album), 1993 * ''Transmissions'' (Starset album), 2014 * ''Transmission'' (Low EP), 1996 * ''Transmission'' (Mêlée EP), 2001

Songs

* "Transmission" (song), by Joy Division, 1979 * "Transmission", a mashup by Neil Cicierega from '' Mouth Silence'', 2014 * "Transmissions", a song by the American band Bright from '' The Albatross Guest House'', 1997 * "Transmissions', a song by the Irish band God Is an Astronaut from '' Origins'', 2013

Other media

* ''Transmission'' (magazine), a UK literary magazine * ''Transmission'' (novel), a 2005 novel by Hari Kunzru * ''Transmission'' (TV programme), a British music programme * ''Transmission'', a webcomic by Mark A. Smith, former cartoonist for '' The Space Gypsy Adventures''

Other uses

Transmission (esotericism) Shaktipat or Śaktipāta (Sanskrit, from ''shakti'' "(psychic) energy" and ''pāta'', "to fall")''Abhinavagupta : the Kula ritual, as elaborated in chapter 29 of the Tantrāloka'', John R. Dupuche, 2003, page 155 refers in Hinduism to the transmi ...