Transmitting for Dummies

Transmitting means sending or passing something from one place or person to another. It can be compared to how we send messages or information to our friends using a cell phone. When we send a text message or call someone, the phone sends the message or sound waves through the air to our friend's phone. In the same way, when we transmit something, we are sending it from one place to another, like passing a basketball to a teammate during a game.

There are actually a few different definitions of transmitting. One definition is related to communication, like how we just discussed with sending messages or information. When we transmit in this way, we are using technology or some kind of medium to send signals, sounds, or data from one point to another. It's like when we use a walkie-talkie to talk to someone far away, the walkie-talkie transmits our voice through the airwaves to the other person's walkie-talkie.

Another definition of transmitting is related to spreading or passing on something, like a disease or an infection.

For example, when someone has a cold and sneezes, tiny droplets from their sneeze can be transmitted through the air to another person nearby. This is how the cold can spread from one person to another. It's kind of like when you drop a stone into a calm pond, and the ripples spread out from where the stone landed. The cold germs spread out from the person who sneezed, and if someone inhales those germs, they can catch the cold too.

So, to summarize, transmitting means sending or passing something from one place or person to another. It can refer to communication, where we use technology or other means to send signals or information, like sending a text message or using a walkie-talkie. It can also refer to the spreading or passing on of something, like a disease or infection.