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Transmission vs Playout - What's the difference?

transmission | playout |

As nouns the difference between transmission and playout

is that transmission is the act of transmitting, e.g. data or electric power while playout is the transmission of radio or television channels from the broadcaster into the networks that deliver them to the audience.

transmission

English

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.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * (assembly of gears) gearbox

    Derived terms

    * automatic transmission * cryo-transmission * manual transmission * standard transmission * synchronized transmission * transmission line * transmission medium * transmission electron microscope * Transmission Control Protocol

    Related terms

    * transmissible * transmissive

    playout

    English

    (wikipedia playout)

    Noun

  • (uncountable, broadcasting) The transmission of radio or television channels from the broadcaster into the networks that deliver them to the audience.

    • Anagrams

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