Look up: emission

1. Emission
   Pollution discharged into the atmosphere from smokestacks, other vents, and surface areas of commercial or industrial facilities; from residential chimneys; and from motor vehicle, locomotive, or aircraft exhausts.
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2. emission
   [Noun] Plural form: emissions. Something that is let out, discharged.
   Example: The emissions from my car exhaust pipe made me cough.
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3. emission
   [n] - the release of electrons from parent atoms 2. [n] - the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe) 3. [n] - the act of emitting
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4. emission
   discharge effluent release Release of a substance from a source, including discharges to the wider environment.
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5. Emission
   Release of a quantity of substance, energy or vibration, into the environment (air, water, soil, ...); the emission can be expressed as a total quantity in absolute or as a rate per a defined period of time IPPC definition: direct or indirect of substances, vibration, heat or noise form individual or diffuse sources in the installation into the air…
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6. emission
   the release of substances or energy(e.g.noise,vibration,radiation,heat)into the environment from a source Category: Environment • electromagnetic energy propagated from a source by radiation or conduction Category: Electrical engineering and energy • the release of radiant en...
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7. Emission
   E·mis'sion noun [ Latin emissio : confer French émission . 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 ...
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8. emission
   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. ... 2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission ...
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9. emission
   emanation noun the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
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10. emission
    noun the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
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11. emission
    noun the release of electrons from parent atoms
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12. emission
    (e-mish´әn) a discharge. an involuntary discharge of semen. nocturnal emission reflex emission of semen during sleep. thermionic emission the application of heat, such as to a filament, resulting in the emission of electrons and ions.
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13. Emission
    • (n.) That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood. • (n.) 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 fi...
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14. emission
    (from the article `light`) Emission and absorption processes...in the tuner that is tuned to that same frequency. The electromagnetic wave in turn produces an oscillating motion of charge in the receiving ... ...is, nevertheless, possible if the emitting as well as the absorbing nuclei are embedded in a solid. In this case, there is a s...
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15. emission
    emission 1. The act of emitting; causing to flow forth. 2. The occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe). 3. The release of electrons from parent atoms. 4. Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body. 5. A substance that is emitted or released.
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16. emission
    
    • the act of emitting
    • a substance that is emitted or released
    • the release of electrons from parent atoms
    • any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
    • the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
    
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17. emission
    radio waves or signals produced by a radio transmitting station NOTE 1 - In radiocommunication the term 'emission' should not be used in the more general sense of 'radio frequency emission'. For example that part of electromagnetic energy from the local oscillator of a radio receiver transferred to ...
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18. emission
    the phenomenon by which energy emanates from a source in the form of waves or particles
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19. emission
    radio waves or signals produced by a radio transmitting station NOTE 1 - In radiocommunication the term 'emission' should not be used in the more general sense of 'radio frequency emission' . For example, that part of electromagnetic energy from the local oscillator of a radio receiver transferred t...
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20. emission
    1 - process by which a radio transmitter produces radio-frequency energy for the purpose of radiocommunication 2 - radio waves or signal produced by a radio transmitter NOTE 1 - In radiocommunication, the term 'emission' should not be used in the more general sense of radio-frequency emission, i.e. ...
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21. emission
    release of radiant energy
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22. emission
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ē-mish′ŭn Definitions: 1. A discharge; usually referring to a discharge of the male internal genital organs into the internal urethra; the contents of the organs, including sperm cells, prostatic fluid, and seminal vesicle fluid, mix in the internal urethra ...
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23. Emission
    Release of pollutants into the air from a source. We say sources emit pollutants. Continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) are machines that some large sources are required to install, to make continuous measurements of pollutant release.
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