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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emission \E*mis"sion\, n. [L. emissio: cf F. ['e]mission. See {Emit}.] 1. The act of sending or throwing out the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: emission n 1: the act of emitting [syn: {emanation}] 2: a substance that is emitted or released [syn: {discharge}] 3: any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus" [syn: {discharge}, {expelling}] 4: the release of electrons from parent atoms 5: the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
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