How to Use transmission in a Sentence

transmission

noun
  • We are receiving a live transmission from the scene of the accident.
  • The equipment is used for the transmission of television signals.
  • My car has a manual transmission.
  • This car comes with automatic transmission.
  • That means a cough or a kiss can be the method of transmission.
    The Enquirer, 4 June 2023
  • The main threat is storms, which can bring down transmission wires and poles.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 4 July 2024
  • The first major mode of transmission for flu is by droplet.
    Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2022
  • If the wheels are engaged with the engine through the transmission, there's still the compression of a gas in the cylinders.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
  • Still missing its wheels, the rear brake discs spun as the engine and transmission were warmed.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2022
  • According to experts, the rise in cases is due to the high transmission rate of the new strain.
    Vivian Barrett, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024
  • His choice of transmission still confounds some of his peers.
    Rachel Wolfe, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The price tag for the Hydro-Québec transmission could be upwards of $1 billion.
    Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Some of the funds would be distributed as grants to researchers studying the transmission of pathogens.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 27 Nov. 2023
  • That done, the transmission shifts up and down in response to the driver’s instructions.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2024
  • Brown, however, notes that transmission lines can take a decade or longer to build.
    IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Studies have shown that masks reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission.
    Faye Chiu, CNN, 28 Dec. 2022
  • This approach has been used in Southeast Asia and Australia to lower the rates of dengue transmission.
    Alice Park, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
  • In Congo, the transmission routes need further study, WHO said.
    Bhanvi Satija, Puyaan Singh, Jennifer Rigby, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Will 2024 be the year the world finally stops polio transmission?
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 22 Dec. 2023
  • It’s mated to a five-speed manual transaxle transmission that sends 240 horses to the rear axle.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2024
  • One group of pulleys drives the blades, another group powers a pair of transmissions–one at each rear wheel.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2023
  • But after that transmission, rangers stopped hearing from them — and the location of the device did not change.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024
  • Lewis: So that in itself increases the chance of transmission.
    Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2022
  • In other cases drivers may need to stop and restart the engine to get the transmissions to work properly.
    CBS News, 25 June 2024
  • And with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission as part of the power train, the Super Sport sprints from zero to 62 mph in 2.4 seconds.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Most exposures that result in transmission last at least an hour, if not much longer, the researchers say.
    TIME, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Workers making gasoline engines and transmissions will need a place to work when their plants are phased out.
    Tom Krisher, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Coughing and sneezing are some of the main symptoms of canine influenza, and also one of the main forms of transmission.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Sovereign credit ratings function like valves in the credit pipeline: the higher the rating, the lower the cost, the faster the transmission to end-users.
    Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • There are no known cases of human-to-human transmission.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024

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