emanation

See also: émanation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛməˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Etymology

From emanate.

Noun

emanation (countable and uncountable, plural emanations)

1. The act of flowing or proceeding from a source or origin.
2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.

   Perfume is an emanation from a flower.

3. (uncountable, obsolete, chemistry) The element radon.
4. (theology) The generation of the Son and the procession of the Holy Spirit, as distinct from the origination of created beings.

Translations

act of flowing

• Bulgarian: излъчване (bg) n (izlǎčvane)
• French: émanation (fr) f
• German: Ausströmen n, Emanation (de) f
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• Italian: emanazione (it) f
• Polish: emanacja (pl) f
• Spanish: emanación f

that which flows

• Bulgarian: еманация (bg) f (emanacija)
• French: émanation (fr) f
• German: Emanation (de) f, Ausströmung f, Ausstrahlung (de) f, Ausdünstung (de) f, Aussendung f
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• Italian: emanazione (it) f
• Spanish: emanación f

radon — see also radon

• French: (obsolete) émanation (fr) f, radon (fr) m
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See also

• evolution

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