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