emission

e·mis·sion  (-mshn)

n.

1. The act or an instance of emitting.

2. Something emitted.

3. A substance discharged into the air, especially by an internal combustion engine.

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[Latin missi, missin-, a sending out, from missus, past participle of mittere, to send out; see emit.]

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emission

Noun

1. the act of giving out heat, light, a smell, etc.

2. energy or a substance given out by something: exhaust emissions from motor vehicles

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	emission - the act of emitting; causing to flow forth emanation egression, egress, emergence - the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent radiation - the act of spreading outward from a central source venting, discharge - the act of venting
	2.	emission - a substance that is emitted or released discharge material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" exudate, exudation - a substance that oozes out from plant pores transudate, transudation - a substance that transudes effluvium - a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste) rheum - a watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose) vaginal discharge - discharge of secretions from the cervical glands of the vagina; normally clear or white
	3.	emission - the release of electrons from parent atoms photoemission - an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface) field emission - the emission of electrons that are stripped from parent atoms by a high electric field photoelectric emission - the release or absorption of quanta above a certain energy level radioactivity, radiation - the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay release - a process that liberates or discharges something; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland" secondary emission - the emission of electrons from a surface that is bombarded by higher energy primary electrons thermal emission, thermionic emission - the emission of electrons from very hot substances
	4.	emission - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus" expelling, discharge bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity - an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity" ejaculation - the discharge of semen in males excreting, excretion, voiding, elimination, evacuation - the bodily process of discharging waste matter menses, menstruation, catamenia, menstruum, period, flow - the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle
	5.	emission - the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe) flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

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emission

noun giving off or out, release, shedding, leak, radiation, discharge, transmission, venting, issue, diffusion, utterance, ejaculation, outflow, issuance, ejection, exhalation, emanation, exudation

Translations

emission [ɪˈmɪʃən] n → emisión f

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emission [ɪˈmɪʃən] n → Emission f

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emission [ɪˈmɪʃən] n [of gas, radiation] → emissione f

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emission emit