Definition of transmits:
(v) :
(transitive, intransitive) To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
(v) :
(transitive) To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another.
(v) :
(transitive) To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal).
(v) :
(transitive, intransitive) To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive).
(v) :
(transitive) To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium.
(v) :
(transitive) To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity.