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Point Spread Definition. A point spread is a bet on the margin of victory in a game. The stronger team or player will be favored by a certain number of points, depending on the perceived gap in ability between the two teams. A minus sign (-) means that team is the favorite. A plus sign (+) means that team is the underdog. Spread definition, to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out). Spread synonyms, spread pronunciation, spread translation, English dictionary definition of spread. Spread, spreading, spreads v.
Transmitted definition: 1. Past simple and past participle of transmit 2. Past simple and past participle of transmit. To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey. See Synonyms at send 1.
trans·mit
(trăns-mĭt′, trănz-)v.tr.1. To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey. See Synonyms at send1.
What Is The Meaning Of Transmitted Virus
2. To cause to spread; pass on: transmit an infection.
3. b. To impart or convey to others by inheritance.
4. To pass along (news or information); communicate.
5. a. Electronics To send (a signal), as by wire or radio.
b. Physics To cause (a disturbance) to propagate through a medium.
6. To convey (force or energy) from one part of a mechanism to another.
v.intr.
[Middle English transmitten, from Latin trānsmittere : trāns-, trans- + mittere, to send.]
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| Adj. | 1. | transmitted - occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; 'an inherited disease'; 'familial traits'; 'genetically transmitted features' genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmissible, familial heritable, inheritable - capable of being inherited; 'inheritable traits such as eye color'; 'an inheritable title' |
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high-energy radiation capable of producing ionization in substances through which it passes
radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge
electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions
alpha radiation, alpha raythe radiation of alpha particles during radioactive decay
beam, electron beam, raya group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
beta radiation, beta ray, electron radiationradiation of beta particles during radioactive decay
black-body radiation, blackbody radiationthe electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body; the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of a black body depends only on temperature and is determined by Planck's radiation law
CBR, CMB, CMBR, cosmic background radiation, cosmic microwave background, cosmic microwave background radiation(cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin
cosmic rayhighly penetrating ionizing radiation of extraterrestrial origin; consisting chiefly of protons and alpha particles; collision with atmospheric particles results in rays and particles of many kinds
Hertzian wavean electromagnetic wave generated by oscillations in an electric circuit
gamma radiation, gamma ray
electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay and having an extremely short wavelength
linea single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
microwave
a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data
an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m
a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference
solar prominencelarge eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphere
electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target
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energy, free energyWhat Is The Meaning Of Transmittal
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs