Retransmit


verb (used with object), transmitted, transmitting.
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.
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.

6.
Radio and Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves).
verb (used without object), transmitted, transmitting.
7.
to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.
8.
to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.
verb -mits, -mitting, -mitted
1.
(transitive) to pass or cause to go from one place or person to another; transfer
2.
(transitive) to pass on or impart (a disease, infection, etc)
3.
(transitive) to hand down to posterity
4.
(transitive; usually passive) to pass (an inheritable characteristic) from parent to offspring
5.
to allow the passage of (particles, energy, etc): radio waves are transmitted through the atmosphere
6.

to send out (signals) by means of radio waves or along a transmission line
to broadcast (a radio or television programme)

7.
(transitive) to transfer (a force, motion, power, etc) from one part of a mechanical system to another

transmit trans·mit (trāns-mĭt’, trānz-)
v. trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting, trans·mits

To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey.

To cause to spread; pass on.

To impart or convey to others by heredity or inheritance; hand down.

trans·mit’ta·ble adj.

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