Emission

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or an instance of emitting.
  • n. Something emitted.
  • n. A substance discharged into the air, especially by an internal combustion engine.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. That which is emitted or sent out.
  • n. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue
  • n. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of emitting, or of sending or throwing out; a putting forth or issuing: as, the emission of light from the sun or other luminous body; the emission of steam from a boiler; the emission of paper money.
  • n. That which is emitted, or sent or thrown out.
  • n. Specifically— In finance, an amount or quantity of any representative of value issued or put into circulation; an issue: as, the entire emission (of coin, bank-notes, or the like) has been called in or redeemed; the first, second and third emissions of United States notes issued during the civil war.
  • n. In physiology, a discharge, especially an involuntary discharge, of semen.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
  • n. the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
  • n. the release of electrons from parent atoms
  • n. any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
  • n. a substance that is emitted or released
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    flowing    flow   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    issue   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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    radiation    pollution    absorption    density    transmission    concentration    spectrum    dioxide    gas    pulse