emission

See also: émission and Emission

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɪʃən/, /ɪˈmɪʃn̩/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

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

   • 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99:

     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.

Synonyms

• (act of sending out): issuance

Hyponyms

• nocturnal emission

Derived terms

• low-emission
• zero-emission vehicle

Related terms

• emission line
• emission nebula
• emissions test
• emit

Translations

something that is emitted

• Bulgarian: емисия (bg) f (emisija)
• Catalan: emissió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 排放 (zh) (páifàng)

• Danish: emission (da)
• Dutch: uitstoot (nl), emissie (nl)
• Finnish: päästö (fi), emissio (fi)
• French: émission (fr) f
• German: Ausstoß (de), Emission (de)
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• Greenlandic: aniatitsineq
• Hungarian: (bodily liquid) váladék (hu)
• Indonesian: emisi (id)
• Interlingua: emission
• Latin: ēmissiō (la) f
• Occitan: emission (oc) f
• Portuguese: emissão (pt) f
• Romanian: emisiune (ro) f, emisie (ro) f
• Russian: вы́брос (ru) m (výbros), вы́пуск (ru) m (výpusk), эми́ссия (ru) f (emíssija)
• Spanish: emisión (es) f
• Swedish: utsläpp (sv) n

act of sending or throwing out

• Bulgarian: изпускане (bg) n (izpuskane), излъчване (bg) n (izlǎčvane)
• Catalan: emissió (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放射 (zh) (fàngshè), 發射／发射 (zh) (fāshè), 发射 (zh) (fāshè)

• Czech: emise (cs) f
• Finnish: liikkeeseenlasku (fi), emissio (fi), säteily (fi)
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• French: émission (fr) f
• Greek: εκπομπή (el) f (ekpompí)
• Hungarian: kibocsátás (hu)
• Indonesian: emisi (id)
• Interlingua: emission
• Irish: astaíocht f, astú m, cur amach m
• Polish: emisja (pl) f
• Portuguese: emissão (pt)
• Swedish: strålning (sv)

References

• “emission”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Misiones, simonies, simonise

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Finnish

Noun

emission

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of emissio

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Friulian

Noun

emission f (plural emissions)

1. emission

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Interlingua

Noun

emission (plural emissiones)

1. emission

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ēmissiō.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

emission f (plural emissions)

1. emission

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emiˈsjuŋ/

Noun

emission f

1. emission