Dictionary entry details
• EMISSION (noun)
Meaning:
The act of emitting; causing to flow forth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
emission; emanation
Hypernyms ("emission" is a kind of...):
egress; egression; emergence (the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emission"):
radiation (the act of spreading outward from a central source)
discharge; venting (the act of venting)
Meaning:
A substance that is emitted or released
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
emission; discharge
Hypernyms ("emission" is a kind of...):
material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emission"):
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)
Meaning:
The release of electrons from parent atoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("emission" is a kind of...):
release (a process that liberates or discharges something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emission"):
thermal emission; thermionic emission (the emission of electrons from very hot substances)
secondary emission (the emission of electrons from a surface that is bombarded by higher energy primary electrons)
radiation; radioactivity (the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay)
photoelectric emission (the release or absorption of quanta above a certain energy level)
field emission (the emission of electrons that are stripped from parent atoms by a high electric field)
photoemission (an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface))
Meaning:
Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
expelling; discharge; emission
Context example:
the discharge of pus
Hypernyms ("emission" is a kind of...):
activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emission"):
ejaculation (the discharge of semen in males)
elimination; evacuation; excreting; excretion; voiding (the bodily process of discharging waste matter)
catamenia; flow; menses; menstruation; menstruum; period (the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause)
Meaning:
The occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("emission" is a kind of...):
flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))
