How to Use transmission in a Sentence

transmission

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  • We are receiving a live transmission from the scene of the accident.
  • The equipment is used for the transmission of television signals.
  • My car has a manual transmission.
  • This car comes with automatic transmission.
  • That means a cough or a kiss can be the method of transmission.
    — The Enquirer, 4 June 2023
  • If the wheels are engaged with the engine through the transmission, there's still the compression of a gas in the cylinders.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
  • Some of the funds would be distributed as grants to researchers studying the transmission of pathogens.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Brown, however, notes that transmission lines can take a decade or longer to build.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Will 2024 be the year the world finally stops polio transmission?
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 22 Dec. 2023
  • And with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission as part of the power train, the Super Sport sprints from zero to 62 mph in 2.4 seconds.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Most exposures that result in transmission last at least an hour, if not much longer, the researchers say.
    — TIME, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Workers making gasoline engines and transmissions will need a place to work when their plants are phased out.
    — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Whether those projects survive depends in part on how quickly new transmission lines are built.
    — Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Workers who now make engines and transmissions at all three companies will need places to work as their plants are phased out.
    — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The practice can come with some health risks, such as the transmission of parasites, said Whittenburg.
    — Alyssa Hui, Health, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Reception is as important to the work as its transmission, says Christie.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Around 28 minutes after the last recorded transmission, the pilot-in-command woke up and realized the plane was not in the correct flight path.
    — Manveena Suri and Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Draining the oil in the engine and transmission and replacing it with long-term lubricant.
    — USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
  • My training was through old-school oral transmission — not written.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023
  • A bit more common are fires that start underneath transmission lines because of birds.
    — John Riha, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Nguyen is one of those artists in love with both materials and the materials of transmission.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Honda There is no transmission, but under some circumstances, the CR-V's engine can also send torque to the wheels.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 11 May 2023
  • As a result, a loss of communication can occur between the gear shifter and the transmission.
    — USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
  • But Papa has gone missing, Etienne is nowhere to be found and Marie is stuck sending radio transmissions out into the ether.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The group reported to the state Ethics Commission that 23% of its lobbying efforts were spent working against the transmission bill.
    — Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Someone knocked on her door a few months later, paperwork in hand, and offered $6,000 to hang a wind-power transmission line across her land.
    — Jennifer Hiller, wsj.com, 8 May 2023
  • States in the South have the highest activity levels, but transmission is heading up in all regions.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 Nov. 2023
  • In parts of Africa and Asia more areas are becoming suitable for malaria transmission.
    — Rob Reddick, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Though Covid transmission has begun to subside somewhat in the country, Link-Gelles said people who have not yet received the latest version of the vaccine should still do so.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 1 Feb. 2024
  • For instance, the optical lens offers a high light transmission via several LED chips, and the bulb is flame retardant.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2024

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