English noun: emission |
1. | emission (act) the act of emitting; causing to flow forth |
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| Synonyms | emanation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | egress, egression, emergence |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | discharge, radiation, venting |
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2. | emission (substance) a substance that is emitted or released |
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| Synonyms | discharge |
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| Broader (hypernym) | material, stuff |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | effluvium, exudate, exudation, rheum, transudate, transudation, vaginal discharge |
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3. | emission (process) the release of electrons from parent atoms |
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| Broader (hypernym) | release |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | field emission, photoelectric emission, photoemission, radiation, radioactivity, secondary emission, thermal emission, thermionic emission |
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4. | emission (process) any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body |
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| Samples | The discharge of pus.
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| Synonyms | discharge, expelling |
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| Broader (hypernym) | activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | catamenia, ejaculation, elimination, evacuation, excreting, excretion, flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period, voiding |
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5. | emission (event) the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | flow, flowing |
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