emission

First attested in 1607. From Middle French émission, from Latin ēmissiō (“sending forth”), from ēmittō (“send out”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mittō (“send”).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɪʃən/, /ɪˈmɪʃn̩/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

emission (countable and uncountable, plural emissions)

1. Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.

   the emission was mostly blood

2. The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.

   the emission of light from the sun

   the emission of heat from a fire

• (act of sending out): issuance

• nocturnal emission

• zero-emission

• emission line
• emission nebula
• emissions test

emission in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

• Misiones, simonies, simonise

emission

1. Genitive singular form of emissio.

emission (plural emissiones)

1. emission