Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to transmission; transmitting: as, the transmissive power of the atmosphere (for light).
  • Transmitted; derived from one to another; sent.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being transmitted; derived, or handed down, from one to another.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective of, or relating to the transmission of something
  • adjective of, or relating to transmissivity of a material

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Examples

  • But "phonetic spelling" aside, phonemic reading is inevitable, even if only as a kind of transmissive static in the scriptive network — and can sometimes be recruited for rhetorical rather than informational results.

    Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian 2008

  • LCD is a "transmissive" display, meaning they do not generate their own light and need a separate illumination source, or backlight.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • LCD is a "transmissive" display, meaning they do not generate their own light and need a separate illumination source, or backlight.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • LCD is a "transmissive" display, meaning they do not generate their own light and need a separate illumination source, or backlight.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • System impacts tend to resonate based on magnitude of event, and resonant and coupling qualities such as transmissive capacity and resistance v. forcing and bias.

    RealClimate 2009

  • System impacts tend to resonate based on magnitude of event, and resonant and coupling qualities such as transmissive capacity and resistance v. forcing and bias.

    RealClimate 2009

  • System impacts tend to resonate based on magnitude of event, and resonant and coupling qualities such as transmissive capacity and resistance v. forcing and bias.

    RealClimate 2009

  • System impacts tend to resonate based on magnitude of event, and resonant and coupling qualities such as transmissive capacity and resistance v. forcing and bias.

    RealClimate 2009

  • System impacts tend to resonate based on magnitude of event, and resonant and coupling qualities such as transmissive capacity and resistance v. forcing and bias.

    RealClimate 2009

  • System impacts tend to resonate based on magnitude of event, and resonant and coupling qualities such as transmissive capacity and resistance v. forcing and bias.

    RealClimate 2009

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