<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.</li><li>to communicate, as information or news.</li><li>to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.</li><li>to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring: The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter.</li><li>Physics. to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.</li><li>to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).</li><li>to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through: Glass transmits light.</li><li>Radio and Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves).</li><li>(used without object) to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.</li><li>to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.</li></ul>