Word Meanings - TRANSMITTAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Transmission. Swift.

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• SWIFTNESS
  The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.
• SWIFTLET
  Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible.
• SWIFTER
  A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it. A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides. The forward shroud of a lower mast.
• TRANSMISSION DYNAMOMETER
  A dynamometer in which power is measured, without being absorbed or used up, during transmission.
• SWIFTLY
  In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly. Wyclif.
• SWIFTFOOT
  Nimble; fleet. Mir. for Mag.
• SWIFT
  to swapan to sweep, swipu a whip; cf. swifan to move quickly, to 1. Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt. My beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak,
• TRANSMISSION
  The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it. (more info) 1. The
• TRANSMISSIONIST
  An adherent of a theory, the transmission theory, that the brain serves to "transmit," rather than to originate, conclusions, and hence that consciousness may exist independently of the brain.