Definitions for emission

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emission e·mis·sion

Spelling: [ih-mish-uh n]

IPA: /ɪˈmɪʃ ən/

Emission is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 184 anagrams from letters in emission (eiimnoss).

Definitions for emission

noun

1. an act or instance of emitting:
2. something that is emitted; discharge; emanation.
3. an act or instance of issuing, as paper money.
4. Electronics. a measure of the number of electrons emitted by the heated filament or cathode of a vacuum tube.
5. an ejection or discharge of semen or other fluid from the body. Synonyms: ejaculation.
6. the fluid ejected or discharged. Synonyms: ejaculate.

Origin of emission

1600-10; (Middle French) Latin ēmissiōn- (stem of ēmissiō), equivalent to ēmiss(us), past participle of ēmittere to emit (ē- e-¹ + mi

Examples for emission

emission reductions from recycling are not massive, but they are still significant.

A small aperture, about the middle of it, sufficed for the emission of his words.

The radiation of light is its emission in rays from the surface of a luminous body.

It is the sexual excitement more than the emission which exhausts.

As in: At current emission levels, we will suffer Total Weather Apocalypse by 2050.

The DEP has authority only over manufacturing or emission sites, not mere storage sites, as this one is.

The ebullition is due mainly to the emission of carbonic acid gas.

Fenellan, would have discharged an extinguisher on punctilio in emission.

If it isn't, the emission of the light itself gives it a kick that moves it.

The sound of the name represents the emission of breath from the mouth.