retransmission (retransmishon)

[ The transmi ion and retransmi ion of electric power. Elect. Rev. (Amer.), XV. v. 6. retransmit (rē-trans-mit'), v. t. [ Will. [a single] embo ing point, upon being pa ed over the record thus made [by indentation], follow it with such fidelity as to retransmit to the disk the same variety of movement? N. A. Rev. , CXXVI. 528. retratelt, n. An obsolete form of retreat1 . retrate2+, n. retraverse (rē-trav'èrs), v . t . [ re- + traverse . ] To traverse again. See retrait2 . At Mon tsar rant bide is my hole plesaunce, Ther become hermite with-out any retrayr , To Goddis honour and seruice repair. Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 5149. An obsolete form of retreat1 . as, the retractile claws of felines: the retractile retrait1t, n. head of a tortoise; the retractile horns or feel retrait1t, a. [ retrait , retract us , pp. of ers of a snail: especially applied in entomology retrahere , retrahere . draw back: see retract , retreat1 .] Re- to parts, as legs or antennæ, which fold down tired. or back into other parts which are hollowed to receive them. IMG:content-2125.png:[blocks in formation] The pieces in a telescope are retractile within each other. Kirby and Spence , Entomology, I. 151. ( Davies .) 2. Retractive. Cranmer himself published his Defence of the True and Catholic Doctrine of the Sacrament: a long treatise, with a characteristically retractile title. R. W. Dixon , Hist. Church of Eng., xvii. Retractile cancer, mammary cancer with retraction of the nipple. Syn. 1. Retracted , Retractile . A retracted part is permanently drawn in or back, and fixed in such position that it cannot be protracted or protruded. A retrac tile part is also protractile or protrusile, and capable of retraction when it has been protracted.