transmission

Noun

• the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle

• an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

• the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance

• communication by means of transmitted signals

• the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  transmission system , infection , contagion , transmittance , transmittal , transmitting