transmit: Meaning and Definition of

trans•mit

1. to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
2. to communicate, as information or news.
3. to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.
4. to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring: The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter.
5. Glass transmits light.
1. to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.
2. to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).
3. to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through:Glass transmits light.
6. to emit (electromagnetic waves).

1. to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.
2. to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.