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WIKTIONARY
emission
Noun
  • That which is emitted or sent out; issue.
  • The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.
BABYLON ENGLISH
emission n.
discharge, emanation; ejection of fluids from the body
HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
emission
emission
\e*mis"sion\ (?), n. [l. emissio: cf. f. émission. 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.
emission
n
1. the act of emitting [syn: emanation]


2. a substance that is emitted or released [syn: discharge]


3. the release of electrons from parent atoms
4. any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus" [syn: discharge, expelling]


5. the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
  similar words(6) 

 infrared emission 
 thermionic emission 
 thermal emission 
 radio emission 
 positron emission tomography 
 emission theory 
WORDNET 2.0
emission
Noun
1. the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
(synonym) emanation
(hypernym) egress, egression, emergence
(hyponym) radiation
(derivation) emit, give out, give off
2. a substance that is emitted or released
(synonym) discharge
(hypernym) material, stuff
(hyponym) exudate, exudation
3. the release of electrons from parent atoms
(hypernym) release
(hyponym) photoemission
4. any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus"
(synonym) discharge, expelling
(hypernym) bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
(hyponym) ejaculation
5. the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
(hypernym) flow, flowing
ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Emission
Emission may refer to:
Emission of chemical products:Emission of air pollutants, notably:Flue gas, gas exiting to the atmosphere via a flueExhaust gas, flue gas generated by fuel combustionEmission of greenhouse gases, which absorb and emit radiation in the thermal infrared rangeEmission intensity, a measure of the emission rate of a given pollutant from a given sourceEmission standards, requirements that set specific limits on the amount of certain pollutants that can be released into the environmentEmissions trading, a market-based approach used to pollution control
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