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 deve ...
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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 i ...
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Propulsion transmission, 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 (mechanics), transmission used in internal combustion engine-based motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gea ...
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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 system, where gear chang ...
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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 ...
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Signal transmission, the process of sending and propagating an analogue or digital information signal
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Analogue transmission - 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, process by which asset prices and general economic conditions are affected as a result of monetary policy decisions
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Pathogen transmission, the passing of a disease from an infected host individual or group to a particular individual or group
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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 info ...
, the transfer of genetic information from genes to another generation
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Transmission (BitTorrent client), a free, open-source and cross-platform BitTorrent client application
Arts and entertainment
Music
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Transmission (band), an English experimental/post-rock band
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Transmission (festival), an annual trance music event
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Transmission Communications, 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'', 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 ...
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* "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''
Other uses
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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 ...
See also
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Transmit (file transfer tool)
Transmit is a file transfer client program for macOS. Developed by Panic, Transmit is shareware. After a seven-day trial period, the product can only be used for seven-minute sessions until it has been purchased. Originally built as an FTP client ...
, 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. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to ...
, a device for propagating electronic signals
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Transmissibility (disambiguation)
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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 th ...
of radiation, the propagation of electromagnetic waves through a medium
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Transmissivity (disambiguation)
Transmissivity may refer to:
* Transmissivity (hydrology)
Hydraulic conductivity, symbolically represented as (unit: m/s), is a property of porous materials, soils and rocks, that describes the ease with which a fluid (usually water) can move th ...
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