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TRANSMITTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted
Synonyms:
transmission; transmittal; transmitting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("transmitting" is a kind of...):
sending (the act of causing something to go (especially messages))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transmitting"):
forwarding (the act of sending on to another destination)
mailing; posting (the transmission of a letter)
telephotography (transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance)
Derivation:
transmit (send from one person or place to another)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb transmit
Context examples:
Base 64 is used when transmitting binary data through text-only media such as electronic mail.
(Base 64, NCI Thesaurus)
We have developed small molecule compounds that act as an ‘inhibitor’, and by inhibiting the plasmepsin V enzyme in gametocytes, we can block them from transmitting to mosquitoes.
(New way to stop falciparum malaria transmission, SciDev.Net)
Exosomes are nanovesicles released by cells that play an important role in transmitting biological components, both physiologically and pathologically.
(Scientists identify how the exosomes of the parasite responsible for Chagas disease affect heart cells, University of Granada)
An electronic switching device that allows an antenna to be used for both transmitting and receiving.
(Duplexer Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers have discovered that honey bees are able to share immunity with other bees and to their offspring in a hive by transmitting RNA ‘vaccines’ through royal jelly and worker jelly.
(Discovery of RNA transfer through royal jelly could aid development of honey bee vaccines, University of Cambridge)
It is remarkable, however, that she neither insisted on Catherine's writing by every post, nor exacted her promise of transmitting the character of every new acquaintance, nor a detail of every interesting conversation that Bath might produce.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The SMAD4 tumor suppressor protein specifically recognizes an eight base pair palindromic DNA sequence and is critical for transmitting TGFB, and related cytokine signals, to the cell nucleus to mediate transcriptional activation of target genes.
(Mothers Against Decapentaplegic Homolog 4, NCI Thesaurus)
A chlorine anion that forms the negatively charged part of certain salts, including sodium and hydrogen chloride salts, and is an essential electrolyte located in all body fluids responsible for maintaining acid/base balance, transmitting nerve impulses and regulating fluid in and out of cells.
(Chloride Ion, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, part of Cambridge University Hospitals, examined whether synovial fluid produced during osteoarthritis is capable of directly exciting sensory nerves supplying knee joints – those nerves responsible for transmitting pain signals.
(Joint lubricating fluid plays key role in osteoarthritic pain, University of Cambridge)
