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transmittable

trans·mit
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [trans-mit, tranz-]
    • /trænsˈmɪt, trænz-/
    • /trænz.ˈmɪ.tə.bəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [trans-mit, tranz-]
    • /trænsˈmɪt, trænz-/

Definitions of transmittable word

  • verb with object transmittable to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey. 1
  • verb with object transmittable to communicate, as information or news. 1
  • verb with object transmittable to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another. 1
  • verb with object transmittable to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring: The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter. 1
  • verb with object transmittable Physics. to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium. to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.). to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through: Glass transmits light. 1
  • verb with object transmittable Radio and Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves). 1
See all 8 definitions of transmittable

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Origin of transmittable

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English transmitten < Latin trānsmittere to send across, equivalent to trāns- trans- + mittere to send

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Parts of speech for Transmittable

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Transmittable

transmittable popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

transmittable usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for transmittable

adj transmittable

  • catching — If an illness or a disease is catching, it is easily passed on or given to someone else.
  • communicable — A communicable disease is one that can be passed on to other people.
  • contagious — A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it. Compare infectious.
  • impartible — not partible; indivisible.
  • infectious — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.

adjective transmittable

  • contaminating — Present participle of contaminate.
  • defiling — Present participle of defile.
  • epizootic — Of, relating to, or denoting a disease that is temporarily prevalent and widespread in an animal population.
All 12 Synonyms of transmittable

Antonyms for transmittable

adjective transmittable

  • germless — a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
  • noncommunicable — not communicable, especially with reference to a disease that is not transmitted through contact with an infected or afflicted person.
  • noncontagious — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
All 3 Antonyms of transmittable

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