emission

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.

   the emission was mostly blood

2. 2
   noun

   The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.

   the emission of light from the sun

3. 3
   noun

   A show; a program.

   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!

4. 4
   noun

   the act of emitting

5. 5
   noun

   the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)

6. 6
   noun

   any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body

7. 7
   noun

   the release of electrons from parent atoms

8. 8
   noun

   a substance that is emitted or released

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”).