Noun

(deliveries)

The act of conveying something.

The delivery was completed by four.

delivery of a nuclear missile to its target

The item which has been conveyed.

Your delivery is on the table.

The act of giving birth

The delivery was painful.

(baseball) A pitching motion.

''His delivery has a catch in it.

(baseball) A thrown pitch.

''Here is the delivery ; ... strike three!

The manner of speaking.

The actor's delivery was flawless.

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I shall not tell what Dr. Coutras related to me in his words, but in my own, for I cannot hope to give at second hand any impression of his vivacious delivery .

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(medicine) administration of a drug

Drug delivery system .

(cricket) A ball .

(curling) The process of throwing a stone.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power.

The fact of being transmitted.

Something that is transmitted, such as a message, picture or a disease; the sending of such a thing.

(biology) The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses.

(automotive) An assembly of gears through which power is transmitted from the engine to the driveshaft in a motor car / automobile; a gearbox.

(legal) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.

(medicine, biology) The passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group.