emission

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See also: émission and Emission

English

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Etymology 1

First attested in 1607. From Middle French émission, from Latin ēmissiō (“sending forth”), from ēmittō (“send out”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mittō (“send”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɪʃən/, /ɪˈmɪʃn̩/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

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.
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from French émission.

Noun

emission (plural emissions)

  1. (non-native speakers' English, broadcasting) A show; a program.
    • 2002 June 13, Laura Dove, “Documentary about vampires”, in alt.vampyres‎ (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!
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:emission.

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Danish

Noun

emission c (singular definite emissionen, plural indefinite emissioner)

  1. emission

Declension

Declension of emission
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative emission emissionen emissioner emissionerne
genitive emissions emissionens emissioners emissionernes

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Finnish

Noun

emission

  1. genitive singular of emissio

Friulian

Noun

emission f (plural emissions)

  1. emission

Interlingua

Noun

emission (plural emissiones)

  1. emission

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ēmissiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

emission f (plural emissions)

  1. emission

Piedmontese

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emission f

  1. emission
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