different between transmission vs succession

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin transmissionem (nominative of transmissio), from transmittere.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tr?nsm?'sh?n, tr?nzm?'sh?n IPA^(key): /t?æns?m???n/, /t?ænz?m???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

transmission (countable and uncountable, plural transmissions)

1. The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power.
2. The fact of being transmitted.
3. Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture or a disease; the sending of such a thing.
4. (biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.
5. (automotive) An assembly of gears through which power is transmitted from the engine to the driveshaft in a motor car / automobile; a gearbox.
6. (law) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
7. (medicine, biology) The passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.

Synonyms

• outsending
• (assembly of gears): gearbox

Derived terms

Related terms

• transmissible
• transmissive

Translations

Danish

Noun

transmission c (singular definite transmissionen, plural indefinite transmissioner)

1. transmission

Declension

Further reading

• “transmission” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “transmission” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin transmissio, transmissionem, from transmittere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???s.mi.sj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: transmissions

Noun

transmission f (plural transmissions)

1. transmission

Derived terms

• courroie de transmission

Related terms

• transmettre

Further reading

• “transmission” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

transmission c

1. transmission

Declension

English

Etymology

From Old French succession, from Latin successio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?k?s??.?n/

Noun

succession (countable and uncountable, plural successions)

1. An act of following in sequence.
2. A sequence of things in order.
3. A passing of royal powers.
4. A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
5. A race or series of descendants.
6. (agriculture) Rotation, as of crops.
7. A right to take possession.
8. (historical) In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.
9. (obsolete, rare) The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.

Synonyms

• (an act of following in sequence): See Thesaurus:posteriority
• (a sequence of things in order): See Thesaurus:sequence

Derived terms

• successional
• successionary

Related terms

• successive

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin successio, successionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syk.s?.sj??/

Noun

succession f (plural successions)

1. succession
2. Series
3. Inheritance, as in the passing of possessions from a deceased person to his or her inheritors

Derived terms

• droits de succession

Further reading

• “succession” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).