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S: (n) transmission, transmittal, transmitting (the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted)

S: (n) transmission (communication by means of transmitted signals)
S: (n) transmittance, transmission (the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance)

S: (n) infection, contagion, transmission (an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted)
S: (n) transmission, transmission system (the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle)

S: (n) gear, gear mechanism (a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle))

S: (n) first gear, first, low gear, low (the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving)
S: (n) gearset (a set of gears)
S: (n) high gear, high (a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed)
S: (n) park (a gear position that acts as a parking brake) "the put the car in park and got out"
S: (n) reverse, reverse gear (the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed)
S: (n) second gear, second (the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle) "he had to shift down into second to make the hill"
S: (n) steering gear (a gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicle)
S: (n) third gear, third (the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle) "you shouldn't try to start in third gear"
S: (n) transmission, transmission system (the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle)