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noun

transmission

CEFR B2

the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted

In a sentence

Six example sentences with transmission, each labelled with its topic.

  • The satellite link drops one transmission in a thousand, so every packet carries enough redundancy to rebuild itself.

    Technology

  • The first transatlantic transmission took sixteen hours to send a greeting of ninety-eight words across the ocean floor cable.

    History

  • Studio flashes fire on a radio transmission from the camera, which is why nothing happens when the batteries die.

    Photography

  • The probe's transmission from beyond Neptune takes over four hours to reach the dish in Australia.

    Science

  • The concert's live transmission reached listeners in forty countries, though the applause arrived a second late.

    Music

  • The film's climax hangs on a single transmission, a coded message sent from a lighthouse before dawn.

    Movies

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