Transmission

Transmission is the act of passing something on in another place.

Specifically, it may refer to:

• Transmission (mechanics), a gear system transmitting mechanical power, as in a car
• Transmission (telecommunications), the act of transmitting messages over distances
• Transmission (medicine), the passing of a disease
• Share transmission, ownership change through other than transfer
• Transmission (wave propagation), in physics, chemistry, and optics
• Electric power transmission, one process in the delivery of electricity to consumers
  • Transmission tower, providing support for overhead power lines
• Transmission line, for the carriage of radio-frequency signals
• Data transmission, the conveyance of information from one space to another
• Dharma transmission, the formal confirmation of a student's awakening in Zen Buddhism
• Transmission (genetics), is the passing on of genetic information

Software

• Transmission (BitTorrent client), a free, open-source and cross-platform BitTorrent client application.

Media

• Transmission (album), the fourth album by the Canadian band The Tea Party
• Transmission (band), an experimental/post-rock band based in the United Kingdom
• Transmission (film), a 2009 film
• Transmission (magazine), a literary magazine based in the UK
• Transmission (record label) a record label set by British rock band Porcupine Tree
• "Transmission" (song), a song by post-punk band Joy Division
• Transmission (TV series), a British music television programme shown in the UK
• Transmissions (album), the first album by trance musicians Juno Reactor
• Transmissions (Cold War Kids EP), an album by indie rock band Cold War Kids
• Transmission Communications, a record label

See also

• Transmit (FTP client), a FTP client for Mac OS X.
• Transmitter, a device for propagating electronic signals
• Transmissibility (disambiguation)
• Transmittance, in optics, the propagation of a light wave through a medium
• Transmissivity in hydraulics