transmittable, a. rare.
(trɑːnsˈmɪtəb(ə)l, træns-, -nz-)
Also less correctly -ible.
[f. as prec. + -able; cf. admittable.]
That may be transmitted; transmissible. In quot. 1655, ? capable of being ‘thrown’ across.
| 1611 Cotgrave, Transmissible, Transmittable. 1655 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Inv. §73 A transmittible Gallery over any Ditch or Breach in a Town-wall. 1882 F. Darwin in Nature 20 Apr. 581/2 A heliotropic stimulus is transmittable from one part of an organ to another. 1889 Pall Mall G. 1 Aug. 6 A virulent, contagious and transmittable disease. |