transmissible
Able to be transmittedAble to be transmitted.: Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
» The British variant is so transmissible that it is crowding out other variants in many parts of the world.
Meaning
3 sensesAble to be transmitted.
(not comparable)Capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
(but the last two are not interchangeable in formal registers)
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
(not comparable)Capable of being transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver.
(not comparable)Able to transmit a disease; infectious, contagious.
Examples
1 sentencesThe British variant is so transmissible that it is crowding out other variants in many parts of the world.
Translations
5 languagesOrigin
From Latin trānsmissus + -ible.From Latin trānsmissus + -ible.
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Synonyms
13 synonymsClose in meaning
- inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent:ancestralhereditarypatrimonial
- (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection:catchingcommunicablecontagiouscontractabletransmittable
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity:familialgenetichereditaryinheritedtransmitted
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
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