emission

1. (countable, uncountable) Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈmɪʃən/

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

discharge

emanation

radiation

issue

ejection

issuance

release

effusion

expelling

output

escape

ejaculation

emissive

emitting

evacuation

evolution

excretion

exhaust

exhaust gas

expenditure

exudation

flux

giving

irradiation

launch

leak

leakage

leaving

ooze

outflow

pop-up

production

publication

radiative

runoff

secretion

shine

shot

spillage

spread

tempering

transmit

transmitting

trickle

outthrow

sending forth

abandonment

emission line

bleeding

🩸

circulation

Translations

émission

emisión

emissione

Emission

emisja

emissão

εκπομπή

emanazione

emissió

yayma

emissie

Ausstrahlung

Ausstoß

Absonderung

αποβολή

Sentences

This is called thermionic emission .