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Meaning of 'emission' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Emission [ n.]
- The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes.
- That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood.

Meaning of 'emission' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . emission [ n]
Meaning (1):
- any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
Example in sentence:
  • the discharge of pus

Nearby Words:

emicant emication emiction emictory emigrant emigrate emigrated emigrating emigration emigrational

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