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English Dictionary: transmitting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transmitting
n
  1. the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted
    Synonym(s): transmission, transmittal, transmitting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Transmit \Trans*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transmitted}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Transmitting}.] [L. transmittere, transmissum;
      trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F. transmettre. See
      {Missile}.]
      1. To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by
            sending; to send from one person or place to another; to
            pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a
            memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or
            bills of exchange, from one country to another.
  
                     The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as
                     Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of
                     evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through
                     a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the
                     gospel.                                             --Milton.
  
                     The scepter of that kingdom continued to be
                     transmitted in the dynasty of Castile. --Prescott.
  
      2. To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light;
            metals transmit, or conduct, electricity.
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