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transmission

The system fitted to an engine that transmits the power generated by the engine to the point at which it is required. Normally this system is composed of mechanical components such as gears, shafts, clutches, and chains, but other methods using hydraulic and electrical means can also be used.

Transmission is the act of passing something on:

Transmission (mechanics), a gear system transmitting mechanical power Transmittance, in optics, is the propagation of a light wave through a medium Transmission coefficient Transmission (telecommunications), the act of transmitting electrical messages Data transmission Transmission (medicine) is the passing of a disease Electric power transmission, one process in the delivery of electricity to consumers. Transmission (BitTorrent), a BitTorrent Client for Mac OS X/Unix-like operating systems Transmissions (album), the first album of trance musicians Juno Reactor. Transmissions (Gentlemen Without Weapons album), an album by Gentlemen Without Weapons Transmission (song), a song by rock musicians Joy Division. Transmission (magazine), a literary magazine based in the UK. It might refer to:

Transmit (FTP client), an Mac OS X application
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