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emission

noun
/ɪˈmɪʃən/UK/ˈɛmɪʃən/

Etymology

First attested in 1607. From Middle French émission, from Latin ēmissiō (“sending forth”), from ēmittō (“send out”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mittō (“send”).

  1. derived from ēmissiō
  2. borrowed from émission

Definitions

  1. Something which is emitted or sent out

    Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.

    • the emission was mostly blood
    • Cymarron's sound resembled the mellow folkie emissions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and America.

  2. The act of emitting

    The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.

    • the emission of light from the sun
    • the emission of heat from a fire
    • Camden motive power depot has been much criticised for its emission of smoke in a residential neighbourhood and its complete dieselisation is rapidly taking place.

  3. A show

    A show; a program.

The neighborhood

Derived

acoustic emission, alpha emission, atomic emission spectroscopy, emission allowance, emissionless, emission line, emission nebula, Emissionsgate, emission spectrum, emissions test, emission theory, emit, field emission, field emission display, field emission microscope, field emission microscopy, fugitive emission, Lambert's emission law, low-emission, neutron emission, night emission, nonemission, photoemission, positron emission tomography, reemission, secondary emission, stimulated emission depletion microscope, stimulated emission depletion microscopy, superemission, zero-emission, zero-emission vehicle

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for emission. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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