transmiting

Transmitting, and its commonly misspelled form transmiting, refers to the act of sending something from a source to a destination through a channel. The standard spelling is transmitting, and transmiting is generally considered nonstandard in modern English. The concept spans many fields, including communications, biology, and physics.

In communications and information technology, transmitting means sending data signals over a medium such as copper wire, coaxial cable, fiber, or air. The process typically involves encoding a message, modulating a carrier, and delivering it to a receiver. Performance is influenced by factors such as bandwidth, latency, signal-to-noise ratio, and potential distortion or loss.

In biology and medicine, transmission describes the spread of a pathogen, parasite, or trait between individuals or populations. Modes include direct contact, respiratory droplets, airborne routes, vector-borne spread, and environmental reservoirs. Understanding transmission pathways informs public health measures, vaccination strategies, and infection-control practices.

In physics and engineering, transmission refers to the propagation of energy or waves through a medium. It is described by quantities such as transmission coefficients, which quantify the fraction of incident energy that passes a boundary, and by phenomena such as reflection, refraction, and absorption.

Across contexts, transmitting implies movement from a source to a recipient, often through an intermediary medium. The term emphasizes the conveyance of information, energy, or biological agents rather than the final state at the destination.