emit

verb
/iˈmɪt/

Etymology

From Latin ēmittō.

  1. borrowed from ēmittō

Definitions

  1. To send out or give off.

    • I just emitted a giggle.
    • Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was.
    • The controls then emit client-side HTML code that is appended to the final page output.
  2. To come out, to be sent out or given off.

    • Eruption ceased to emit, and aside from the limited success of "I'll Be Your Friend" (--/#40, 1986), Precious Wilson still hopes to hit the big time.
    • Said sound producing means generates a sound which is allowed to emit from said casing through said plurality of apertures.
  3. To result in specific machine instructions or bytecode when compiled.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To produce specific computer code when processed or executed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at emit. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01emit02machine03airplane04spoonful05spoon06ladle07molten08red-hot09glows10glow

A definitional loop anchored at emit. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at emit

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA