- a coaxial cable, waveguide, or other system of conductors that transfers electrical signals from one location to another
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transmis′sion line′, [Elect.]
- Electricitya system of conductors, as coaxial cable, a wave guide, or a pair of parallel wires, used to transmit signals.
- 1905–10
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transmission line n
'transmission line' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
coaxial cable
- lead-in
- loading
- radiator
- response
- telegraph
- transmit
- balanced line
- corona discharge
- loading coil
- lossy
- port
- single-ended