transmitted

Thân thiện

A doctor explains a genetically transmitted condition to a family.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Passed or conveyed from one person, place, or thing to another: Describes something that has been sent, transferred, or communicated.
   • Spread or carried, especially of a disease, signal, or genetic trait: Describes something that has been passed on from a source to a recipient.

Usage

• The adjective "transmitted" is used to describe something that has been conveyed. It often appears after a form of the verb "to be" (e.g., is transmitted, was transmitted) or before a noun it modifies (e.g., a transmitted signal).
• It is commonly used in scientific, medical, and technical contexts (e.g., diseases, data, genetic information, radio waves).

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The data was successfully transmitted to the satellite.
  • Malaria is a transmitted disease, primarily spread by mosquitoes.
  • The transmitted image was clear and free of distortion.
  • Genetically transmitted characteristics, like eye color, are inherited from parents.

Advanced Usage

• "Airborne-transmitted": (Note: This is a compound adjective) Spread through the air.
  • Tuberculosis is an airborne-transmitted illness.
• "Sexually transmitted": (Note: This is a compound adjective) Spread through sexual contact.
  • Public health campaigns focus on preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Variants and Related Words

• Transmit (verb): To send or convey from one person or place to another.
  • The radio tower transmits signals.
• Transmission (noun): The act or process of transmitting.
  • The transmission of the disease was rapid.
• Transmitter (noun): A device or person that transmits something.
  • The bird is a potential transmitter of the virus.

Synonyms

• Communicated: Made known; imparted.
• Conveyed: Transported or carried.
• Passed on: Handed over or transferred.
• Disseminated: Spread widely.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases

• Transmit to: To send something to a specific recipient or location.
  • The headquarters transmits orders to all field offices.

Related Idioms/Set Phrases

• Transmitted live: Broadcast at the same time as it is happening.
  • The concert was transmitted live to a global audience.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
   • an inherited disease
   • familial traits
   • genetically transmitted features

Từ đồng nghĩa

• familial
• genetic
• hereditary
• inherited
• transmissible