5. transmit to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.
6. transmit to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through: Glass transmits light.
7. transmit to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).
8. transmit Radio and Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves).
9. (v.i.)transmit to send a signal by radio waves or by wire.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < L trānsmittere to send across =trāns-trans - +mittere to send)
Definition of 'transmit'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)convey, transmit, communicate transfer to another "communicate a disease"
2. (verb)impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel transmit or serve as the medium for transmission "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
3. (verb)air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit broadcastover the airwaves, as in radio or television "We cannot air this X-rated song"
4. (verb)transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise send from one person or place to another "transmit a message"
1. (verb)transmit to send out or broadcast a signal a satellite transmitting data to earth; The radio tower was not transmitting.
2. transmit to communicate sth parents transmitting ideas to their children
3. transmit to infect sb with a disease or illness a disease that is transmitted through insect bites
Definition of 'transmit'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)transmit to cause to passover or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another
2. (verb)transmit to suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity
Definitions of transmit 
Afrikaans: oordra
Arabic: يَنْقُل
Bulgarian: предавам
Brazilian: transmitir
Czech: předat; přenést
German: übermitteln, -tragen
Danish: overføre
Greek: μεταδίδω, μεταβιβάζω, δια
Spanish: transmitir
Estonian: edasi andma
Farsi: انتقال دادن
Finnish: tartuttaa
French: transmettre
Hebrew: לְהַעֲבִיר
Hindi: प्रसारित करना
Croatian: prenijeti, prenositi
Hungarian: átad
Indonesian: meneruskan
Icelandic: senda (áfram); breiða út
Italian: trasmettere
Japanese: 伝える
Korean: 전하다
Lithuanian: perduoti, pernešti
Latvian: nosūtīt; pārnest (slimību
Malay: menyebarkan
Dutch: overbrengen
Norwegian: sende (videre), overføre
Polish: przekazywać, przenosić
Persian: انتقال دادن
Pashto: لیږدول
Portuguese: transmitir
Romanian: a transmite, a difuza
Russian: передавать; переносить
Slovenian: prenesti
Serbian: preneti
Swedish: vidarebefordra,överföra
Thai: ส่งผ่าน
Turkish: yaymak, geçirmek
Taiwanese: 傳遞
Ukrainian: передавати
Urdu: منتقل کرنا، ارسال کرنا
Vietnamese: làm lây
Chinese: 传播，传送
