transmissive
Allowing light passage
Transmissive describes something that allows passage through it, especially of light, energy, or signals.
A transmissive screen lets light pass from behind rather than reflecting it.
The term appears in technical contexts—optics, electronics, medicine—wherever the capacity to transmit rather than block or absorb matters: transmissive LCD displays, transmissive properties of the material.
Able to spread disease
- communicableCapable of being spread
- spreadableAble to be spread
- contagiousTransmissible between people
- airborneTraveling through air
vector-borne · pathogenic · viral · bacterial · parasitic · zoonotic · epidemic · pandemic
Permitting diffused light passage
- transparentAllowing light through
- permeableAllowing substances through
- penetrableCapable of being pierced
- refractionWave bending between media
diffraction · wavelength · spectrum · fiber-optic · photonics · polarization · infrared · ultraviolet
Message-conveying cue
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- airwavesRadio frequency spectrum
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
radio · wireless · microwave · telecommunications · 5G · Wi-Fi · broadband · networking
Serving to teach
- didacticIntended to instruct
- pedagogicalRelating to teaching methods
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
- enlighteningProviding new understanding
imparting · conveying · disseminating · expository · teaching · tutoring · knowledge-sharing · propagating
infectious
Able to spread disease
- communicableCapable of being spread
- spreadableAble to be spread
- contagiousTransmissible between people
airborne · vector-borne · pathogenic · viral · bacterial · parasitic · zoonotic · epidemic · pandemic · carrier
translucent
Permitting diffused light passage
- transparentAllowing light through
- permeableAllowing substances through
- penetrableCapable of being pierced
refraction · diffraction · wavelength · spectrum · fiber-optic · photonics · polarization · infrared · ultraviolet · waveguide
signal
Message-conveying cue
satellite · radio · wireless · microwave · telecommunications · 5G · Wi-Fi · broadband · networking · bandwidth
instructive
Serving to teach
- didacticIntended to instruct
- pedagogicalRelating to teaching methods
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
enlightening · imparting · conveying · disseminating · expository · teaching · tutoring · knowledge-sharing · propagating · indoctrinating
transmissiveopaque
Impassable to light
absorptive · reflective · blocking · impermeable · impervious
- viral transmissionSpread of infectious agents
- automatic transmissionSelf-changing vehicle gears
- transmission towersStructures supporting electrical cables
- manual transmissionDriver-operated gear selector
- digital transmissionData sent via signals
- voice transmissionConveying speech electronically
transmission, transmissions, transmissible, transmissivity, transmissibility