emission
/ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/ noun
Forms emissions
- noun Something which is emitted or sent out; issue. “the emission was mostly blood”
- noun The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation. “the emission of light from the sun”
- noun (non-native speakers' English, broadcasting) A show; a program.
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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”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun 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.
Etymology [L. emissio: cf. F. émission. See Emit.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “emission”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details