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1Transmission and infection of H5N1 — from infected avian sources to humans is a concern due to the global spread of H5N1 that constitutes a pandemic threat.Infected birds pass on H5N1 through their saliva, nasal secretions, and feces. Other birds may pick up the virus through direct …
2transmission — trans‧mis‧sion [trænzˈmɪʆn ǁ træns ] noun [countable, uncountable] the process of sending out electrical signals by radio, telephone, or similar equipment: • This feature enables the machine to recognize whether an incoming call is a voice or… …
3Transmission security — (TRANSEC) is the component of communications security (COMSEC) that results from the application of measures designed to protect transmissions from interception and exploitation by means other than cryptanalysis. Goals of transmission security… …
4spread — [n1] expansion, development; extent advance, advancement, compass, diffusion, dispersion, dissemination, enlargement, escalation, expanse, extension, increase, period, profusion, proliferation, radiation, ramification, range, reach, scope, span,… …
5Transmission (medicine) — In medicine and biology, transmission is the passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group, regardless of whether the other individual was previously infected.[1] Sometimes… …
6Transmission tower — A delta pylon carrying a 400kV power line towards Madrid. A transmission tower (colloquially termed an electricity pylon in the United Kingdom and parts of Europe, an ironman in Australia, and a hydro tower in parts of Canada) is a tall structure …
7Transmission electron microscopy — A TEM image of the polio virus. The polio virus is 30 nm in size.[1] Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a microscopy technique whereby a beam of electrons is transmitted through an ultra thin specimen, interacting with the specimen as it… …
8Transmission of plant viruses — Problems associated with viral transmission= Viruses are known to infect both plant cells and animal cells. Since viruses are obligate intracellular parasites they must develop direct methods of transmission, between hosts, in order to survive.… …
9spread — 1. verb 1) he spread the map out Syn: lay out, open out, unfurl, unroll, roll out; straighten out, fan out; stretch out, extend; literary outspread Ant: fold up 2) the landscape spread out below …
10transmission */*/ — UK [trænzˈmɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms transmission : singular transmission plural transmissions 1) [countable] the part of a vehicle that takes power from the engine to the wheels an automatic transmission 2) a) [countable/uncountable] the… …
