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

   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 274:

     Cymarron's sound resembled the mellow folkie emissions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and America.

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.

• (act of sending out): issuance

• nocturnal emission

• emission line
• emission nebula
• emissions test
• emit

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

Borrowed from French émission.

emission (plural emissions)

1. (non-native speakers' English, broadcasting) A show; a program.
   • 2002 June 13, Laura Dove, “Documentary about vampires”, in alt.vampyres‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-12-18:

     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!

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• Misiones, simonies, simonise

emission c (singular definite emissionen, plural indefinite emissioner)

1. emission

• “emission” in Den Danske Ordbog

emission

1. genitive singular of emissio

emission f (plural emissions)

1. emission

emission (plural emissiones)

1. emission

From Latin ēmissiō.

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emission f (plural emissions)

1. emission

• IPA^(key): /emiˈsjuŋ/

emission f

1. emission