means of transmission

collocation in English

meaningsofmeanandtransmission

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mean
noun[S]
uk
/miːn/us
/miːn/
mathematicsspecialized
the result you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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transmission
noun
uk
/trænzˈmɪʃ.ən/us
/trænˈsmɪʃ.ən/
the process of broadcasting or sending out something by radio or television, on the internet, etc., or something that is broadcast or sent ...
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(Definition ofmeanandtransmissionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This means of transmission represents the tip of the iceberg as far as technology goes.
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Not the least of these concerns the consequential deduction, which seemed necessary at that time, that blending was the means of transmission of hereditary characters.
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However, their widespread distribution in nature and in agricultural environments suggests the potential for other means of transmission.
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We tackle the aforementioned questions by means of transmission experiments.
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One of them is the urgent necessity for research into the origin, pathology, and means of transmission of the disease.
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Absolute monarchies are often hereditary but other means of transmission of power are attested.
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Feeding of infected ruminant material back to ruminants is believed to be the most likely means of transmission of the disease.
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In the first place it is a valuable means of transmission.
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As with many sign languages, the means of transmission to children occurs within families with signing deaf parents and in schools for the deaf.
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He demonstrated the cause and means of transmission of sleeping sickness, discovered the spirochete of yaws, and did other original work in bacteriology and in parasitic diseases of the skin.
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