- transmission
- noun1 sending out/passing onADJECTIVE▪ direct, indirect▪ onward (BrE)▪
An extra copy of each document was supplied for onward transmission to head office.
▪ data, information, voice▪ facsimile, fax▪ light, power▪ money (esp. BrE)▪ cable, radio, satellite, television▪ analogue/analog, digital, electronic, wireless▪ live, simultaneous▪There will be simultaneous transmission of the concert on TV and radio.
▪ genetic, oral, sexual▪ human-to-human, mother-to-child, person-to-person▪ disease, HIV, malaria, STD▪ culturalVERB + TRANSMISSION▪ prevent▪ reduce▪ facilitate▪ blockTRANSMISSION + NOUN▪ equipment, technology▪ belt (figurative), mechanism, network, system▪The associations serve as transmission belts for party policy.
▪ route▪The virus's usual transmission route is by sneezing.
PREPOSITION▪ transmission among▪HIV transmission among homosexual men
▪ transmission between▪transmission between patients
▪ transmission by▪transmission by satellite
▪ transmission from, transmission of▪the transmission of knowledge
▪ transmission to▪transmission from one aircraft to another
▪ transmission through▪HIV transmission through blood transfusion
PHRASES▪ a mode of transmission, a risk of transmission▪There is a risk of transmission of the virus between hypodermic users.
2 TV/radio showADJECTIVE▪ radio, television, TV▪ live, satellite▪ testVERB + TRANSMISSION▪ receivePREPOSITION▪ transmission from▪a live transmission from Sydney
3 in a car, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ automatic, manual▪ 4-speed, 5-speed, etc.TRANSMISSION + NOUN▪ system
Collocations dictionary. 2013.