About The Word Emission
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Emission
Emission Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Emission?
[n] the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
[n] the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe) [n] any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus" [n] the release of electrons from parent atoms [n] a substance that is emitted or released Synonyms | Synonyms for Emission: discharge | discharge | emanation | expelling Related Terms | Find terms related to Emission: blowout | discharge | disgorgement | effusion | egestion | ejaculation | ejection | elimination | emanation | emergence | emersion | eructation | eruption | excretion | expulsion | extravasation | extrusion | exudation | flow | flux | issuance | issue | jet | outburst | outpour | secretion | spout | spurt | squirt | surfacing | transudation | vent See Also | activity | bodily function | bodily process | body process | catamenia | discharge | effluvium | egress | egression | ejaculation | elimination | emergence | evacuation | excreting | excretion | exudate | exudation | field emission | flow | flow | flowing | material | menses | menstruation | period | photoelectric emission | photoemission | radiation | radiation | radioactivity | release | secondary emission | stuff | thermal emission | thermionic emission | transudate | transudation | vaginal discharge | venting | voiding Emission In Webster's Dictionary \E*mis"sion\, n. [L. emissio: cf. F. ['e]mission. See
{Emit}.]
1. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending
forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission
of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire;
the emission of bank notes.
2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at
one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood.
{Emission theory} (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding
light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles.
See {Corpuscular theory}, under {Corpuscular}.
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