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Transmitter station

Transmitter station: a facility housing transmitters and antennas that broadcast radio or TV signals. Related terms: broadcast transmitter, transmitting station. Distinguished by generating modulated carrier signals, feeding from studios via STL links, and operating under ITU, FCC and Ofcom technical and RF-safety rules.

Transmix

Transmix is the interface mixture that forms in a multiproduct petroleum pipeline where adjacent batches of dissimilar products, like gasoline and diesel, mix at their boundary and cannot be sold as is.

TransModeler

TransModeler is a commercial traffic simulation software package by Caliper Corporation of Newton, Massachusetts, simulating road networks from single intersections to metro areas using microscopic, mesoscopic, macroscopic, and hybrid simulation.

Transmog

Transmog (transmogrification, glamour) is a game feature letting players override gear appearance while keeping stats. Originated in World of Warcraft's 2011 Cataclysm; overhauled slot-based in Midnight; common in Diablo, Destiny 2, and other RPGs.

Transmon coupler

A transmon coupler is a tunable coupling element in a superconducting quantum processor, typically a flux-tunable transmon qubit between two qubits that turns their interaction on and off.

Transmon qubit

The transmon qubit is a superconducting qubit with a large shunt capacitance that suppresses charge noise, proposed in 2007 and used in IBM and Google processors.

Transmuscular quadratus lumborum block

The transmuscular quadratus lumborum (TQL) block, also called the anterior QL block, is an ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia technique injecting local anesthetic between quadratus lumborum and psoas major for postoperative abdominal analgesia.

Transmutation agreement

Transmutation agreement: written interspousal agreement changing property character (community to separate, separate to community, or between spouses' separate estates), governed in California by Family Code §§850 and 852(a), requiring an express written declaration accepted by the adversely affected spouse.

Oct 21, 2026

Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization

Transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMLR, transmyocardial revascularization, TMR) is a surgical procedure drilling 10-50 laser channels through the left ventricle to treat refractory angina; FDA-approved in 1998, later judged obsolete.

Transnasal endoscopy

Transnasal endoscopy (TNE) is an office-based upper GI endoscopy in which an ultra-slim gastroscope is passed through the nose without sedation, used for dysphagia, reflux, varices screening, and Barrett's surveillance.

Transnasional

Transnasional is an express bus brand operating intercity coach services across Peninsular Malaysia, connecting over 200 destinations; it was formerly the flagship brand of Konsortium Transnasional Berhad.

Transnational Boxing Rankings Board

The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, formed in October 2012, is a volunteer group of boxing journalists publishing independent rankings and naming one true champion per division.

Transnational diffusion of conservative ideas

Transnational diffusion of conservative ideas is the process by which conservative thought, texts, and party models move between national traditions, best evidenced by Thatcherism's post-1979 spread.

Transneft

Transneft (Транснефть) is a Russian state-controlled company with a monopoly on crude oil pipeline transport, moving more than 83% of Russian oil across the world's largest pipeline network.

Transnet Freight Rail

Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) is the freight rail operating division of Transnet, South Africa's state-owned freight logistics company, and until 2025 operated the country's entire freight rail network.

TransnetBW

TransnetBW GmbH is the transmission system operator for the German state of Baden-Württemberg, operating its extra-high-voltage grid as one of four German TSOs and majority owned by EnBW.

Transnistria

Transnistria (Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic) is an unrecognized de facto state on the left bank of the Dniester in eastern Moldova, seceding in 1990-1992, sustained by Russian subsidies, troops, and gas, with no international recognition.

Oct 22, 2026

Transnistria Governorate

The Transnistria Governorate (Guvernământul Transnistriei) was a Romanian-administered territory in occupied Soviet Ukraine from 1941 to 1944, where an estimated 280,000 to 380,000 Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.

Transnistria War

The Transnistria War (War on the Dniester, 1 March to 21 July 1992) pitted Moldova against secessionists backed by Russia's 14th Army; it killed about 1,132 people and froze a de facto border under the Joint Control Commission.

Transocean

Transocean Ltd. is a Swiss offshore contract drilling company, headquartered in Steinhausen and listed on the New York Stock Exchange as RIG, operating 27 mobile drilling units.

Transocean Barents

Transocean Barents, originally named Aker Barents, is a sixth-generation, harsh-environment semi-submersible drilling rig built in 2009 to drill deepwater wells on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Transonic

Transonic describes flight or flow near the speed of sound, typically Mach 0.6 to 1.2, where subsonic and supersonic regions coexist and drag rises sharply.

Transonic compressor

A transonic compressor is an axial-flow compressor stage with flow near or above Mach 1 relative to the rotor blades, used in jet engine fans.

Transoral incisionless fundoplication

Transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) is an endoscopic antireflux procedure that rebuilds the gastroesophageal valve in chronic GERD patients using the EsophyX device, entirely through the mouth with no incisions.

Transoral laser microsurgery

Transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) removes laryngeal and pharyngeal tumors through the mouth using a CO2 laser and operating microscope, with outcomes comparable to open surgery.

Transoral outlet reduction

Transoral outlet reduction (TORe) is an outpatient endoscopic procedure, introduced in 2013, that narrows a dilated gastrojejunal anastomosis to treat weight regain or dumping syndrome after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

Transoral robotic surgery

Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) is a minimally invasive operation that removes throat, tonsil, and tongue base tumors through the mouth using the da Vinci robotic system.

Transovarial transmission of arboviruses

Transovarial transmission (TOT) of arboviruses: vertical transmission in which a virus infects a female mosquito's developing ova, so offspring hatch infected; maintains dengue, Zika, chikungunya, La Crosse, and bunyaviruses between generations and across unfavorable seasons.

Transoxiana

Transoxiana (Mā warāʾ al-nahr, Mawarannahr) is the historical Central Asian region between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, covering parts of five modern countries, defined by early Arab geographers and ruled successively by Sogdians, Arabs, Samanids, Qarakhanids, and Uzbeks.