Transmission vs Contagion - What's the difference?
transmission | contagion |
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.
A disease spread by contact
The spread or transmission of such a disease
The spread of anything harmful, as if it were such a disease
(finance) A situation in which small shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, spread to the rest of financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
* 2011 , , Project Syndicate,
(finance) A resulting recession or crisis developed in such manner.
As nouns the difference between transmission and contagion
is that transmission is the act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power while contagion is a disease spread by contact.transmission
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(en noun)Synonyms
* (l) * (assembly of gears) gearboxDerived terms
* automatic transmission * cryo-transmission * manual transmission * standard transmission * synchronized transmission * transmission line * transmission medium * transmission electron microscope * Transmission Control Protocolcontagion
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(en noun)Germany Must Defend the Euro:
- And it was German procrastination that aggravated the Greek crisis and caused the contagion that turned it into an existential crisis for Europe.