transmission transmittal transmitting | the act of sending a message, causing a message to be transmitted |
automatic transmission automatic drive | a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car |
cable line transmission line | a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power |
fiber-optic transmission system fibre-optic transmission system FOTS | a communication system using fiber optic cables |
gas heat | heating system that burns natural gas |
heat engine | any engine that makes use of heat to do work |
heat exchanger | device that transfers heat from one liquid to another without allowing them to mix |
heating system heating plant heating heat | utility to warm a building, the heating system wasn't working, they have radiant heating |
heat lamp infrared lamp | electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation, the bathroom could be warmed by an infrared lamp |
heat pump | apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings, can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building |
heat-seeking missile | a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine) |
heat shield | a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry |
heat sink | a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat |
hydraulic transmission hydraulic transmission system | a transmission that depends on a hydraulic system |
standard transmission stick shift | a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal |
steam heat steam heating | a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators |
transmission transmission system | the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle |
transmission shaft | rotating shaft that transmits rotary motion from the engine to the differential |
heat warmth passion | the trait of being intensely emotional |
heat content total heat enthalpy H | (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure, enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work |
body temperature blood heat | temperature of the body, normally . F or C in humans, usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health |
hotness heat high temperature | the presence of heat |
fieriness red heat | the heat or the color of fire |
white heat | the hotness of something heated until it turns white |
optical density transmission density photographic density absorbance | (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation |
thermal barrier heat barrier | a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating |
heat warmth | the sensation caused by heat energy |
kinetic theory of heat | a theory that the temperature of a body increases when kinetic energy increases |
transmission | communication by means of transmitted signals |
channel transmission channel | a path over which electrical signals can pass, a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company |
transmission control protocol TCP | a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another, TCP uses a retransmission strategy to insure that data will not be lost in transmission |
transmission control protocol internet protocol TCP IP | a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the s to get data from one network device to another |
dead heat | a tie in a race |
infection contagion transmission | an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted |
heat flash | a flash of intense heat (as released by an atomic explosion) |
heat lightning | bright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings), usually attributed to distant lightning that is reflected by clouds |
heat | a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race |
airborne transmission | a transmission mechanism in the which the infectious agent is spread as an aerosol and usually enters a person through the respiratory tract |
direct transmission | a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred directly into the body via touching or biting or kissing or sexual intercourse or by droplets entering the eye or nose or mouth |
indirect transmission | a transmission mechanism in which the infectious agent is transferred to the person by a fomite of vector |
transmission mechanism | any mechanism whereby an infectious agent is spread from a reservoir to a human being |
vector-borne transmission | indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vector bites or touches a person |
vehicle-borne transmission | indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vehicle (or fomite) touches a person's body or is ingested |
heat heat energy | a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature |
heat of dissociation | the heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents |
heat of formation | the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements |
heat of solution | the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance is dissolved in a large volume of a solvent |
latent heat heat of transformation | heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure |
heat of condensation | heat liberated by a unit mass of gas at its boiling point as it condenses into a liquid, the heat of condensation is equal to the heat of vaporization |
heat of fusion | heat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid at the same temperature, the heat of fusion is equal to the heat of solidification |