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📚 noun • entry_id 19986

transmission

/tɹænsˈmɪʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
caja de cambios
A device, usually an assembly of gears (gearbox) plus a clutch or torque converter, through which power is sent from the engine to the driveshaft in an automobile (motor car or motor truck).
Any vehicle with an internal combustion engine needs a transmission that can alter the gear ratio (engine RPM to wheel RPM) as the vehicle's speed changes.
transmisión
The passing of a pathogen or communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.