| transcendental | (adjective) of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material | - |
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| (adjective) existing outside of or not in accordance with nature | Synonyms: nonnatural, otherworldly, preternatural |
| transcendentalism | (noun) any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material | Synonyms: transcendental philosophy |
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| transcendentalist | (noun) advocate of transcendentalism | - |
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| transcendentally | (adverb) in a transcendental way or to a transcendental extent | - |
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| transcontinental | (adjective) spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent | - |
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| transcribe | (verb) convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA | - |
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| (verb) rewrite in a different script | Synonyms: transliterate |
| (verb) write out from speech, notes, etc. | - |
| (verb) make a phonetic transcription of | - |
| (verb) rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended | - |
| transcribed | (adjective) recorded for broadcast | Synonyms: canned |
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| transcriber | (noun) someone who makes a written version of spoken material | - |
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| (noun) someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation | - |
| (noun) a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance | Synonyms: adapter, arranger |
| (noun) a person who translates written messages from one language to another | Synonyms: translator |
| (noun) someone who rewrites in a different script | - |
| transcript | (noun) a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record) | Synonyms: copy |
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| (noun) something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech | - |
| transcriptase | (noun) the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA | Synonyms: RNA polymerase |
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| transcription | (noun) the act of making a record (especially an audio record) | Synonyms: recording |
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| (noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | Synonyms: arrangement, arranging |
| (noun) a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording) | - |
| (noun) something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation | Synonyms: written text |
| (noun) (genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA | - |
| transcultural | (adjective) extending through all human cultures | - |
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| transcutaneous | (adjective) through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches) | Synonyms: percutaneous, transdermal, transdermic |
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| transdermal | (adjective) through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches) | Synonyms: percutaneous, transcutaneous, transdermic |
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| transdermic | (adjective) through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches) | Synonyms: percutaneous, transcutaneous, transdermal |
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| transduce | (verb) cause transduction (of energy forms) | - |
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| transducer | (noun) an electrical device that converts one form of energy into another | - |
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| transduction | (noun) the process whereby a transducer accepts energy in one form and gives back related energy in a different form | - |
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| (noun) (genetics) the process of transferring genetic material from one cell to another by a plasmid or bacteriophage | - |
| transect | (verb) cut across or divide transversely | - |
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| transept | (noun) structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church; crosses the nave at right angles | - |
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| transeunt | (adjective) of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind | Synonyms: transient |
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| transexual | (noun) a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex | Synonyms: transsexual |
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| (noun) a person who has undergone a sex change operation | Synonyms: transgendered, transsexual |
| transfer | (noun) the act of moving something from one location to another | Synonyms: conveyance, transferral, transport, transportation |
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| (noun) transferring ownership | Synonyms: transference |
| (noun) the act of transferring something from one form to another | Synonyms: transference |
| (noun) application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation | Synonyms: carry-over, transfer of training |
| (noun) a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances | - |
| (noun) someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another | Synonyms: transferee |
| (verb) transfer from one place or period to another | Synonyms: transplant, transpose |
| (verb) send from one person or place to another | Synonyms: channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport |
| (verb) move around | Synonyms: shift |
| (verb) shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes | Synonyms: remove |
| (verb) change from one vehicle or transportation line to another | Synonyms: change |
| (verb) lift and reset in another soil or situation | Synonyms: transplant |
| (verb) cause to change ownership | - |
| (verb) move from one place to another | - |
| (verb) transfer somebody to a different position or location of work | Synonyms: reassign |
| transferability | (noun) the quality of being transferable or exchangeable | - |
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| transferable | (adjective) legally transferable to the ownership of another | Synonyms: assignable, conveyable, negotiable, transferrable |
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| (adjective) capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another | Synonyms: movable, moveable, transferrable, transportable |
| transferase | (noun) any of various enzymes that move a chemical group from one compound to another compound | - |
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| transferee | (noun) someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another | Synonyms: transfer |
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| (noun) (law) someone to whom a title or property is conveyed | - |
| transference | (noun) transferring ownership | Synonyms: transfer |
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| (noun) the act of transferring something from one form to another | Synonyms: transfer |
| (noun) (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst | - |
| transferer | (noun) someone who transfers something | Synonyms: transferrer |
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| transferor | (noun) (law) someone who conveys a title or property to another | - |
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| transferrable | (adjective) legally transferable to the ownership of another | Synonyms: assignable, conveyable, negotiable, transferable |
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| (adjective) capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another | Synonyms: movable, moveable, transferable, transportable |
| transferral | (noun) the act of moving something from one location to another | Synonyms: conveyance, transfer, transport, transportation |
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| transferrer | (noun) someone who transfers something | Synonyms: transferer |
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| transferrin | (noun) a globulin in blood plasma that carries iron | Synonyms: beta globulin, siderophilin |
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| transfiguration | (noun) the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify | - |
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| (noun) a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances | Synonyms: metamorphosis |
| transfigure | (verb) change completely the nature or appearance of | Synonyms: metamorphose, transmogrify |
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| (verb) elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration | Synonyms: glorify, spiritualize |
| transfix | (verb) pierce with a sharp stake or point | Synonyms: empale, impale, spike |
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| (verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: fascinate, grip, spellbind |
| transfixed | (adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell | Synonyms: fascinated, hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound |
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| transform | (verb) change or alter in form, appearance, or nature | Synonyms: transmute, transubstantiate |
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| (verb) change from one form or medium into another | Synonyms: translate |
| (verb) subject to a mathematical transformation | - |
| (verb) change in outward structure or looks | Synonyms: metamorphose, transmute |
| (verb) increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage) | - |
| (verb) change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species | - |
| (verb) convert (one form of energy) to another | - |
| transformable | (adjective) capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy | Synonyms: convertible, translatable, transmutable |
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| transformation | (noun) the act of changing in form or shape or appearance | Synonyms: translation |
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| (noun) (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA | - |
| (noun) a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure | - |
| (noun) a qualitative change | Synonyms: shift, transmutation |
| (noun) (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system | - |
| transformed | (adjective) given a completely different form or appearance | - |
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| transformer | (noun) an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage | - |
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| transfuse | (verb) treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin | Synonyms: cup |
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| (verb) give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to | - |
| (verb) pour out of one vessel into another | - |
| (verb) impart gradually | Synonyms: instill |
| transfusion | (noun) the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery | Synonyms: blood transfusion |
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| (noun) the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another | - |
| transgender | (adjective) involving a partial or full reversal of gender | Synonyms: transgendered |
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| transgendered | (adjective) involving a partial or full reversal of gender | Synonyms: transgender |
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| (noun) a person who has undergone a sex change operation | Synonyms: transexual, transsexual |
| transgene | (noun) an exogenous gene introduced into the genome of another organism | - |
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| transgress | (verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | Synonyms: overstep, trespass |
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| (verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | Synonyms: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, violate |
| (verb) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | Synonyms: sin, trespass |
| (verb) spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline | - |
| transgression | (noun) the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle | Synonyms: evildoing |
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| (noun) the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit | - |
| (noun) the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata | - |
| transgressor | (noun) someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command | - |
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| transience | (noun) an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying | Synonyms: transiency, transitoriness |
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| (noun) the attribute of being brief or fleeting | Synonyms: brevity, briefness |
| transiency | (noun) an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying | Synonyms: transience, transitoriness |
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| transient | (adjective) of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind | Synonyms: transeunt |
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| (adjective) lasting a very short time | Synonyms: ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transitory |
| (noun) (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load | - |
| (noun) one who stays for only a short time | - |
| transiently | (adverb) for a very short time | - |
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| transistor | (noun) a semiconductor device capable of amplification | Synonyms: electronic transistor, junction transistor |
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| transistorise | (verb) equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors | Synonyms: transistorize |
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| transistorised | (adjective) (of an electronic device) equipped with transistors | Synonyms: transistorized |
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| transistorize | (verb) equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors | Synonyms: transistorise |
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| transistorized | (adjective) (of an electronic device) equipped with transistors | Synonyms: transistorised |
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| transit | (noun) a journey usually by ship | Synonyms: passage |
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| (noun) a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod | Synonyms: theodolite |
| (noun) a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods | Synonyms: transportation, transportation system |
| (verb) make a passage or journey from one place to another | Synonyms: move through, pass across, pass over, pass through |
| (verb) cause or enable to pass through | - |
| (verb) revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction | - |
| (verb) pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place) | - |
| transition | (noun) the act of passing from one state or place to the next | Synonyms: passage |
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| (noun) a passage that connects a topic to one that follows | - |
| (noun) a musical passage moving from one key to another | Synonyms: modulation |
| (noun) an event that results in a transformation | Synonyms: changeover, conversion |
| (noun) a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another | - |
| (verb) make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another) | - |
| (verb) cause to convert or undergo a transition | - |
| transitional | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by transition | - |
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| transitionally | (adverb) as a transitional step or in a transitional manner | - |
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| transitive | (adjective) designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning | - |
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| (noun) a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical | Synonyms: transitive verb, transitive verb form |
| transitively | (adverb) in a transitive manner | - |
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| transitiveness | (noun) the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb | Synonyms: transitivity |
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| transitivise | (verb) make transitive | Synonyms: transitivize |
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| transitivity | (noun) the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb | Synonyms: transitiveness |
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| (noun) (logic and mathematics) a relation between three elements such that if it holds between the first and second and it also holds between the second and third it must necessarily hold between the first and third | - |
| transitivize | (verb) make transitive | Synonyms: transitivise |
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| transitorily | (adverb) for a very brief time | - |
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| transitoriness | (noun) an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying | Synonyms: transience, transiency |
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| transitory | (adjective) lasting a very short time | Synonyms: ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transient |
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| translatable | (adjective) capable of being put into another form or style or language | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy | Synonyms: convertible, transformable, transmutable |
| translate | (verb) change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation | - |
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| (verb) change from one form or medium into another | Synonyms: transform |
| (verb) make sense of a language | Synonyms: interpret, read, understand |
| (verb) restate (words) from one language into another language | Synonyms: interpret, render |
| (verb) determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA | - |
| (verb) express, as in simple and less technical language | - |
| (verb) bring to a certain spiritual state | - |
| (verb) subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body | - |
| (verb) be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way | - |
| (verb) be equivalent in effect | - |
| translation | (noun) the act of uniform movement | Synonyms: displacement |
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| (noun) the act of changing in form or shape or appearance | Synonyms: transformation |
| (noun) a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language | Synonyms: interlingual rendition, rendering, version |
| (noun) rewording something in less technical terminology | - |
| (noun) a uniform movement without rotation | - |
| (noun) (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm | - |
| (noun) (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same | - |
| translational | (adjective) of or relating to uniform movement without rotation | - |
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| translator | (noun) a program that translates one programming language into another | Synonyms: translating program |
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| (noun) someone who mediates between speakers of different languages | Synonyms: interpreter |
| (noun) a person who translates written messages from one language to another | Synonyms: transcriber |
| transliterate | (verb) rewrite in a different script | Synonyms: transcribe |
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| transliteration | (noun) a transcription from one alphabet to another | - |
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| translocate | (verb) move from one place to another, especially of wild animals | - |
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| (verb) transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position | - |
| translocation | (noun) (genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts | - |
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| (noun) the transport of dissolved material within a plant | - |
| translucence | (noun) the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely | Synonyms: semitransparency, translucency |
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| translucency | (noun) the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely | Synonyms: semitransparency, translucence |
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| translucent | (adjective) allowing light to pass through diffusely | Synonyms: semitransparent |
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| translunar | (adjective) situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth | Synonyms: superlunar, superlunary, translunary |
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| (adjective) unworldly or ethereal | Synonyms: superlunar, superlunary, translunary |
| translunary | (adjective) situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth | Synonyms: superlunar, superlunary, translunar |
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| (adjective) unworldly or ethereal | Synonyms: superlunar, superlunary, translunar |
| transmigrante | (noun) a Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to sell | - |
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| transmigrate | (verb) move from one country or region to another and settle there | Synonyms: migrate |
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| (verb) be born anew in another body after death | Synonyms: reincarnate |
| transmigration | (noun) the passing of a soul into another body after death | - |
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| transmissible | (adjective) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | Synonyms: catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmittable |
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| (adjective) occurring among members of a family usually by heredity | Synonyms: familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted |
| (adjective) inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent | Synonyms: ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial |
| transmission | (noun) the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted | Synonyms: transmittal, transmitting |
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| (noun) the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle | Synonyms: transmission system |
| (noun) communication by means of transmitted signals | - |
| (noun) an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted | Synonyms: contagion, infection |
| (noun) the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance | Synonyms: transmittance |
| transmit | (verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | Synonyms: air, beam, broadcast, send |
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| (verb) send from one person or place to another | Synonyms: channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transport |
| (verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: carry, channel, conduct, convey, impart |
| (verb) transfer to another | Synonyms: communicate, convey |
| transmittable | (adjective) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | Synonyms: catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible |
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| transmittal | (noun) the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted | Synonyms: transmission, transmitting |
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| transmittance | (noun) the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance | Synonyms: transmission |
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| transmitted | (adjective) occurring among members of a family usually by heredity | Synonyms: familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmissible |
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| transmitter | (noun) set used to broadcast radio or tv signals | Synonyms: sender |
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| (noun) any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease | Synonyms: vector |
| (noun) someone who transmits a message | Synonyms: sender |
| transmitting | (noun) the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted | Synonyms: transmission, transmittal |
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| transmogrification | (noun) the act of changing into a different form or appearance (especially a fantastic or grotesque one) | - |
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