transmissible

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English

Etymology

From Latin trānsmissus +‎ -ible.[1]

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Adjective

transmissible (comparative more transmissible, superlative most transmissible)

  1. Able to be transmitted.
    Synonym: transmittable
    1. (medicine, of a disease) Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
      Hypernym: infectious
      Synonyms: communicable, spreadable, catching (but the last two are not interchangeable in formal registers)
      Antonyms: nontransmissible, noncommunicable
      Hyponym: contagious
    2. (radio communications or broadcasting, of a message or program) Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.

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References

  1. ^ transmissible”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

transmissible (plural transmissibles)

  1. transmissible, transmittable

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