transmigrator (transmigrator)

[ transmi t, v. t. [ Bag. Any reversions yet? nothing trans mi 'd? Rime. No gleanings, James? no trencher analects? W. Cartwright , The Ordinary (1651). ( Nares .) transmi ibility (trans-mis-i-bil'i-ti), n. [ transmi ible + -ity (see- bility ).] The character of being transmi ible. Lately the transmi ibility of acquired mental faculties has come to be an acknowledged fact. E. Montgomery, Mind, IX. 370. transmi ible (trans-mis'i-bl), a. [=OF. trans mi ible = Pg. transmi ivel, Wisely discarding those establishments which have connected with hereditary po e ions in the soil, and trans mi ible dignities in the state. Everett , Orations, I. 216. transmi ion (trans-mish'on), n. [F. trans mi ion = Sp. trans mis i on, trasmision = Pg. trans mi ão = It. trasmi ione, trans mitt ere , send over, transmit: see transmit .] 1. The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; transmittal; transference. Although an author's style may lose somewhat by trans mi ion, it loses little in prose if it is good for anything; not so in poetry. Landor , Imag. Conv., Alfieri and Metastasio. 2. In biol . , specifically, same as heredity . An organism, as a rule, inherits - that is to say, is born with the peculiarities of its parents; this is known as Transmi ion. E. R. Lankester, Degeneration, p. 13. 3. In physics, a pa ing through, as of light through gla or other transparent body, or of radiant heat through a diathermanous body. Each transparent substance has its own rate of trans mi ion for ether-waves of each particular frequency. A. Daniell , Prin. of Physics, p. 459. transmi ive (trans-mis'iv), a . [ mittere , pp. trans mi us , transmit (see transmit ), + -ive .] Transmitted; derived from one to another; sent. His praise, eternal on the faithful stone, Had with transmi ive honour grac'd his Son. Fenton, in Pope's Ody ey, i. 308. transmit (trans-mit'), v. t.; pret. and pp. trans mitted, ppr. transmitting. [= F. transmettre = Sp. transmitir, trasmitir = Pg. transmittir = It. trasmettere, tion from one person to another, notifying or advising the recipient that other documents, which usually accompany the letter, are sent or otherwise made over to him by the writer. The phrase is official or technical in various departments of the United States government.