Definition of "transmit"

transmit

/tɹænsˈmɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present transmits, present participle transmitting, simple past and past participle transmitted
1. (transitive) To send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another.
2. (transitive) To spread or pass on something such as a disease or a signal.
3. (transitive) To impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity.
4. (transitive) To communicate news or information.
5. (transitive) To convey energy or force through a mechanism or medium.
  Quotations
  The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way.
  1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 728
6. (intransitive) To send out a signal (as opposed to receive).