4 N‑VAR The transmission on a car or other vehicle is the system of gears and shafts by which the power from the engine reaches and turns the wheels. □ The car was fitted with automatic transmission. □ …a four-speed manual transmission.
trans|mit /trænzm I t/ (transmits , transmitting , transmitted )
1 VERB When radio and television programmes, computer data, or other electronic messages are transmitted , they are sent from one place to another, using wires, radio waves, or satellites. □ [be V -ed] The game was transmitted live in Spain and Italy. □ [V n] This is currently the most efficient way to transmit certain types of data. □ [V + to ] The device is not designed to transmit to satellites.
2 VERB If one person or animal transmits a disease to another, they have the disease and cause the other person or animal to have it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n + to ] …mosquitoes that transmit disease to humans. □ [V n] There was no danger of transmitting the infection through operations.
3 VERB If you transmit an idea or feeling to someone else, you make them understand and share the idea or feeling. [LITERARY ] □ [V n + to ] He transmitted his keen enjoyment of singing to the audience.
4 VERB If an object or substance transmits something such as sound or electrical signals, the sound or signals are able to pass through it. □ [V n] These thin crystals transmit much of the power.
trans|mit|ter /trænzm I tə r / (transmitters ) N‑COUNT A transmitter is a piece of equipment that is used for broadcasting television or radio programmes.
trans|mute /trænzmjuː t/ (transmutes , transmuting , transmuted ) VERB If something transmutes or is transmuted into a different form, it is changed into that form. [FORMAL ] □ [V + into ] She ceased to think, as anger transmuted into passion. □ [V n + into ] Scientists transmuted matter into pure energy and exploded the first atomic bomb. [Also V n] ● trans|mu|ta|tion (transmutations ) N‑VAR □ [+ of ] …the transmutation of food into energy.
trans|par|en|cy /trænspæ rənsi, [AM ] -pe r-/ (transparencies )
1 N‑COUNT A transparency is a small piece of photographic film with a frame around it which can be projected onto a screen so that you can see the picture.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Transparency is the quality that an object or substance has when you can see through it. □ [+ of ] Cataracts is a condition that affects the transparency of the lenses.
3 N‑UNCOUNT The transparency of a process, situation, or statement is its quality of being easily understood or recognized, for example because there are no secrets connected with it, or because it is expressed in a clear way. □ [+ in ] The Chancellor emphasised his determination to promote openness and transparency in the Government's economic decision-making.
trans|par|ent /trænspæ rənt, [AM ] -pe r-/
1 ADJ If an object or substance is transparent , you can see through it. □ …a sheet of transparent coloured plastic.
2 ADJ If a situation, system, or activity is transparent , it is easily understood or recognized. □ The company has to make its accounts and operations as transparent as possible. ● trans|par|ent|ly ADV [ADV with v, ADV adj] □ The system was clearly not functioning smoothly or transparently.
3 ADJ You use transparent to describe a statement or action that is obviously dishonest or wrong, and that you think will not deceive people. □ He thought he could fool people with transparent deceptions. ● trans|par|ent|ly ADV [ADV adj] □ To force this agreement on the nation is transparently wrong.
tran|spi|ra|tion /trɑ nsp I re I ʃ ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT Transpiration is the evaporation of water from a plant's leaves, stem, or flowers. □ Plants release water through their leaves by transpiration.
tran|spire /trænspa I ə r / (transpires , transpiring , transpired )
1 VERB When it transpires that something is the case, people discover that it is the case. [FORMAL ] □ [V that] It transpired that Paolo had left his driving licence at home. □ [V ] As it transpired, the Labour government did not dare go against the pressures exerted by the City.
2 VERB When something transpires , it happens. Some speakers of English consider this use to be incorrect. □ [V ] Nothing is known as yet about what transpired at the meeting.
trans|plant (transplants , transplanting , transplanted ) The noun is pronounced /træ nsplɑːnt, -plænt/. The verb is pronounced /trænsplɑː nt, -plæ nt/. 1 N‑VAR A transplant is a medical operation in which a part of a person's body is replaced because it is diseased. □ He was recovering from a heart transplant operation. □ …the controversy over the sale of human organs for transplant.
2 VERB If doctors transplant an organ such as a heart or a kidney, they use it to replace a patient's diseased organ. □ [V n] The operation to transplant a kidney is now fairly routine. □ [V -ed] …transplanted organs such as hearts and kidneys. ● trans|plan|ta|tion /træ nzplænte I ʃ ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT □ …a shortage of kidneys for transplantation.
3 VERB To transplant someone or something means to move them to a different place. □ [V n + from/to/into ] 15 years later I also transplanted myself to Scotland from England. □ [V n] Farmers will be able to seed it directly, rather than having to transplant seedlings.
trans|port ◆◆◇ (transports , transporting , transported ) The noun is pronounced /træ nspɔː r t/. The verb is pronounced /trænspɔː r t/. 1 N‑UNCOUNT Transport refers to any vehicle that you can travel in or carry goods in. [mainly BRIT ] □ Have you got your own transport? in AM, usually use transportation 2 N‑UNCOUNT Transport is a system for taking people or goods from one place to another, for example using buses or trains. [mainly BRIT ] □ The extra money could be spent on improving public transport. in AM, usually use transportation 3 N‑UNCOUNT Transport is the activity of taking goods or people from one place to another in a vehicle. [mainly BRIT ] □ Local production virtually eliminates transport costs. in AM, usually use transportation 4 VERB To transport people or goods somewhere is to take them from one place to another in a vehicle. □ [V n] There's no petrol, so it's very difficult to transport goods. □ [V n prep/adv] They use tankers to transport the oil to Los Angeles.