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emission en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈe.mɪ.ʃən/ (India)

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”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
    • Cymarron's sound resembled the mellow folkie emissions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and America. 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 274:
    • the emission was mostly blood
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.
    • Camden motive power depot has been much criticised for its emission of smoke in a residential neighbourhood and its complete dieselisation is rapidly taking place. 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99:
    • the emission of light from the sun
    • the emission of heat from a fire

Forms

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emissions Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

low-emission · emissionless · atomic emission spectroscopy · fugitive emission · field emission display · alpha emission · emission line · emission nebula · zero-emission vehicle · stimulated emission depletion microscope · stimulated emission depletion microscopy · reemission · emissions test · nonemission · superemission · field emission microscopy · emission theory · Lambert's emission law · emission allowance · zero-emission · Emissionsgate · secondary emission · positron emission tomography · field emission · photoemission · neutron emission · field emission microscope · acoustic emission · emit · night emission · emission spectrum

Hyponyms

nocturnal emission

Synonyms

issuance (act of sending out)

Translations (56)

da emission (something that is emitted) · cmn 排放 (something that is emitted) · kl aniatitsineq (something that is emitted) · de Ausstoß (something that is emitted) · nl emissie (something that is emitted) · la ēmissiō (something that is emitted) · tr salınım (something that is emitted) · tr emisyon (something that is emitted) · ru эми́ссия (something that is emitted) · ro emisie (something that is emitted) · ro emisiune (something that is emitted) · el εκπομπή (act of sending or throwing out) · fa گسیلش (act of sending or throwing out) · ga astaíocht (act of sending or throwing out) · fi säteily (act of sending or throwing out) · id emisi (act of sending or throwing out) · pt emissão (something that is emitted) · uk ви́кид (act of sending or throwing out) · uk ви́кид (something that is emitted) · ru вы́брос (something that is emitted) · hi उत्सर्जन (something that is emitted) · sv strålning (act of sending or throwing out) · fi emissio (something that is emitted) · ga astú (act of sending or throwing out) · sv utsläpp (something that is emitted) · bg еми́сия (something that is emitted) · ca emissió (something that is emitted) · pt emissão (act of sending or throwing out) · fi osakeanti (act of sending or throwing out) · cmn 放射 (act of sending or throwing out) · id emisi (something that is emitted) · uk ви́ділення (something that is emitted) · fi päästö (something that is emitted) · ia emission (act of sending or throwing out) · fi emissio (act of sending or throwing out) · de Emission (something that is emitted) · cs emise (act of sending or throwing out) · hi फटना (act of sending or throwing out) · ia emission (something that is emitted) · ru вы́пуск (something that is emitted) · es emisión (something that is emitted) · cmn 發射 /发射 (act of sending or throwing out) · nl uitstoot (something that is emitted) · pl emisja (act of sending or throwing out) · bg излъ́чване (act of sending or throwing out) · fr émission (something that is emitted) · ca emissió (act of sending or throwing out) · bg изпу́скане (act of sending or throwing out) · hu kibocsátás (act of sending or throwing out) · fa گسیل (act of sending or throwing out) · ga cur amach (act of sending or throwing out) · hu váladék (something that is emitted) · fi liikkeeseenlasku (act of sending or throwing out) · ru излуче́ние (act of sending or throwing out) · fr émission (act of sending or throwing out) · oc emission (something that is emitted)

emission en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin ēmittō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ēmissiōlbor. French émissionbor. English emission Borrowed from French émission.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:non-native speakers' English) A show; a program.
    • All too often, such shows result in destroying any idea that the topic just _could possibly_ be serious. I also discussed with gothic friends, telling they once were interviewed by people claiming to be creating an emission about gothics... just to discover later that the real topic was sects! 2002 June 13, Laura Dove, “Documentary about vampires”, in alt.vampyres (Usenet), retrieved 18 Dec 2022:

Forms

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emissions Number=Plur lexicographic