Transmission is the act of passing something on.

Specifically, it may refer to:

• Transmission (mechanics), a gear system transmitting mechanical power, as in a car
• Transmission (telecommunications), the act of transmitting messages over distances
• Transmission (medicine), the passing of a disease
• Transmission (magazine), a literary magazine based in the UK
• Transmission coefficient, in physics, chemistry, and optics.
• Transmission (TV programme), a British music television programme shown in the UK.
• Electric power transmission, one process in the delivery of electricity to consumers
• Data transmission, the conveyance of information from one space to another
• Dharma transmission, the formal confirmation of a student's awakening in Zen Buddhism
• Transmission (spiritual), the act of passing on wisdom or enlightenment from a spiritual master to a disciple
• Transmission (genetics), is the passing on of genetic information.

Software

• Transmission (BitTorrent client), a BitTorrent Client for Unix-like operating systems

Music

• Transmission (band), an experimental/post-rock band based in the United Kingdom.
• Transmission (album), the fourth album by the Canadian band The Tea Party
• Transmissions (album), the first album by trance musicians Juno Reactor
• "Transmission" (song), a song by post-punk band Joy Division
• Transmission Communications, a record label
• Transmissions (live album) unofficial Red Hot Chili Peppers live release at Woodstock 1994
• Transmission (record label) a record label set by British rock band Porcupine Tree.

See also

• Transmit (FTP client), a Mac OS X FTP client
• Transmitter, a device for propagating electronic signals
• Transmissibility, disambiguation
• Transmittance, in optics, the propagation of a light wave through a medium
• Transmissivity in hydraulics