{
    "term": "transmission",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act or process of passing something from one person, place or thing to another",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the transmission of the disease"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the risk of transmission"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Classes are based on discussion rather than on the one-way transmission of knowledge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disease affects the transmission of messages from the nerve endings to the brain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The virus's usual transmission route is by sneezing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is not known how far genetic transmission is responsible for the condition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "transmission from one aircraft to another"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "transfer",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["direct", "indirect", "onward"],
                "verb + transmission": ["prevent", "reduce", "facilitate"],
                "transmission + noun": ["equipment", "technology", "belt"],
                "preposition": [
                    "transmission among",
                    "transmission between",
                    "transmission by"
                ],
                "phrases": ["a mode of transmission", "a risk of transmission"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act or process of sending out an electronic signal or message or of broadcasting a radio or television programme",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the transmission of computer data along telephone lines"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a break in transmission *(= of a radio or television broadcast)* due to a technical fault"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you know the date of transmission?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There will be simultaneous transmission of the concert on TV and radio."
                },
                {
                    "text": "transmission by satellite"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The first transmission of the programme was on October 2 1952."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["direct", "indirect", "onward"],
                "verb + transmission": ["prevent", "reduce", "facilitate"],
                "transmission + noun": ["equipment", "technology", "belt"],
                "preposition": [
                    "transmission among",
                    "transmission between",
                    "transmission by"
                ],
                "phrases": ["a mode of transmission", "a risk of transmission"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a radio or television message or broadcast",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a live transmission from Sydney"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The duet is taken from a 1943 radio transmission."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["radio", "television", "TV"],
                "verb + transmission": ["receive"],
                "preposition": ["transmission from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the system in a vehicle by which power is passed from the engine to the wheels",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["automatic", "manual", "4-speed"],
                "transmission + noun": ["system"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænzˈmɪʃn/",
                "audio": "tr/transmission/transmission__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trænzˈmɪʃn/",
                "audio": "tr/transmission/transmission__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin transmissio(n-) (see trans-, mission)."
}