Transfer vs. Transmission

Transferverb

(transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.

Transferverb

(transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.

Transferverb

(intransitive) To be or become transferred.

Transferverb

To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.

Transfernoun

(uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.

Transfernoun

(countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.

Transfernoun

(countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.

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A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.

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(medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.

Transfernoun

(genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.

Transferverb

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion.

Transferverb

To make over the possession or control of; to pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the title to land is transferred by deed.

Transferverb

To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone.

Transfernoun

The act of transferring, or the state of being transferred; the removal or conveyance of a thing from one place or person to another.

Transfernoun

The conveyance of right, title, or property, either real or personal, from one person to another, whether by sale, by gift, or otherwise.

Transfernoun

That which is transferred.

Transfernoun

A picture, or the like, removed from one body or ground to another, as from wood to canvas, or from one piece of canvas to another.

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A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.

Transfernoun

A drawing or writing printed off from one surface on another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts.

Transfernoun

A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.

Transfernoun

the act of transporting something from one location to another

Transfernoun

someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another;

Transfernoun

the act of transfering something from one form to another;

Transfernoun

a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances

Transfernoun

application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation

Transfernoun

transferring ownership

Transferverb

move around;

Transferverb

transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

Transferverb

move from one place to another;

Transferverb

lift and reset in another soil or situation;

Transferverb

cause to change ownership;

Transferverb

change from one vehicle or transportation line to another;

Transferverb

send from one person or place to another;

Transferverb

shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes;

Transferverb

transfer from one place or period to another;

Transferverb

move from one place to another

Transferverb

move to another department, occupation, etc.

Transferverb

(in football and other sports) move to another team

Transferverb

redirect (a telephone call) to a new line or extension.

Transferverb

copy (a drawing or design) from one surface to another

Transferverb

copy (data, music, etc.) from one medium or device to another

Transferverb

change to another place, route, or means of transport during a journey

Transferverb

make over the possession of (property, a right, or a responsibility) to another

Transferverb

change (the sense of a word or phrase) by extension or metaphor

Transfernoun

an act of moving something or someone to another place, organization, team, etc.

Transfernoun

a conveyance of property, especially stocks and shares, from one person to another

Transfernoun

the action of copying data from one medium or device to another

Transfernoun

a small coloured picture or design on paper, which can be transferred to another surface by being pressed or heated

Transfernoun

an act of changing to another place, route, or means of transport during a journey

Transfernoun

a ticket allowing a passenger to change from one public transport vehicle to another as part of a single journey

Transmissionnoun

The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power.

Transmissionnoun

The fact of being transmitted.

Transmissionnoun

Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture or a disease; the sending of such a thing.

Transmissionnoun

(biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.

Transmissionnoun

(automotive) An assembly of gears through which power is transmitted from the engine to the driveshaft in a motor car / automobile; a gearbox.

Transmissionnoun

(legal) 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.

Transmissionnoun

(medicine, biology) The passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.

Transmissionnoun

The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another.

Transmissionnoun

The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.

Transmissionnoun

The mechanism within a vehicle which transmits rotational power from the engine to the axle of the wheel propelling the vehicle; it includes the gears and gear-changing mechanism as well as the propeller shaft.

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The process or event of sending signals by means of a radio-frequency wave from an electronic transmitter to a receiving device.

Transmissionnoun

the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted

Transmissionnoun

communication by means of transmitted signals

Transmissionnoun

the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance

Transmissionnoun

an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

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the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle

Transmissionnoun

the action or process of transmitting something or the state of being transmitted

Transmissionnoun

a programme or signal that is broadcast or sent out

Transmissionnoun

the mechanism by which power is transmitted from an engine to the axle in a motor vehicle