English Explanatory Dictionary

emission

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
  2. The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.
noun
  1. A show; a program.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈmɪʃən/ /ɪˈmɪʃn̩/ en-us-emission.ogg /ˈɛmɪʃən/

Word forms

emission emissions

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”).

Synonyms

issuance

Derived words

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

Translations

Bulgarian: изпу́скане Bulgarian: излъ́чване Catalan: emissió Chinese Mandarin: 放射 Chinese Mandarin: 發射 /发射 Czech: emise Finnish: osakeanti Finnish: liikkeeseenlasku Finnish: emissio Finnish: säteily French: émission Greek: εκπομπή Hindi: फटना Hungarian: kibocsátás Indonesian: emisi Interlingua: emission Irish: astaíocht Irish: astú Irish: cur amach Persian: گسیلش Persian: گسیل Polish: emisja Portuguese: emissão Russian: излуче́ние Swedish: strålning Ukrainian: ви́кид
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