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emission

[ih-mish-uhn] / ɪˈmɪʃ ən /
NOUN
issuance, diffusion
Synonyms
STRONGEST
discharge radiation
STRONG
ejaculation ejection emanation exhalation exudation issue shedding transmission utterance venting
Antonyms
WEAK
concealment containment refrain repression suppression withholding

Example Sentences

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Last week, it was announced that the firm is due to receive orders for more than 100 zero emission vehicles through a Scottish government scheme.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

"Several scenarios had been proposed to explain this emission," explains Yaël Nazé, an astronomer at ULiège.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

This demonstrated that the enhanced emission was driven by the engineered cavity modes rather than differences in the material itself.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Simulations indicated no significant enhancement at the excitation wavelength, and experiments using different pump wavelengths consistently produced the strongest emission at the same cavity depth.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

At first I thought that this emission indicated that one of the approximations I had used was not valid.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking