Meanings
emission1
plural emissions
- countableuncountableSomething which is emitted or sent out; issue.
the emission was mostly blood
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Cymarron's sound resembled the mellow folkie emissions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and America.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 274Synonyms: issuance
- countableuncountableThe act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.
the emission of heat from a fire
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the emission of light from the sun
Camden motive power depot has been much criticised for its emission of smoke in a residential neighbourhood and its complete dieselisation is rapidly taking place.
1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99
emission2
plural emissions
- non-native speakers' EnglishbroadcastingA show; a program.
All too often, such shows result in destroying any idea that the topic just _could possibly_ be serious. I also discussed with gothic friends, telling they once were interviewed by people claiming to be creating an emission about gothics... just to discover later that the real topic was sects!
2002 June 13, Laura Dove, “Documentary about vampires”, in alt.vampyres (Usenet), retrieved 18 Dec 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething which is emitted or sent out; issue.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
emission · noun
- Latinēmissiō“sending forth”
- Middle Frenchémission
- Englishemission
First attested in 1607. From Middle French émission, from Latin ēmissiō (“sending forth”), from ēmittō (“send out”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mittō (“send”).
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →emission · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*méyth₂eti
- Proto-Italic*meitō
- Old Latinmītō
- Latinmittō
- Latinēmittō
- Latinēmissiō
- Frenchémission
- Englishemission
Borrowed from French émission.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian еми́сия, изпу́скане
- еми́сия (emísija)something that is emitted
- изпу́скане (izpúskane)act of sending or throwing out
- излъ́чване (izlắčvane)act of sending or throwing out
Catalan emissió, emissió
- emissiósomething that is emitted
- emissióact of sending or throwing out
Chinese Mandarin 排放, 放射
- 排放 (páifàng)something that is emitted
- 放射 (fàngshè)act of sending or throwing out
- 發射 /发射 (fāshè)act of sending or throwing out
Czech emise
- emiseact of sending or throwing out
Danish emission
- emissionsomething that is emitted
Dutch uitstoot, emissie
- uitstootsomething that is emitted
- emissiesomething that is emitted
Finnish päästö, emissio
- päästösomething that is emitted
- emissiosomething that is emitted
- osakeantiact of sending or throwing out
- liikkeeseenlaskuact of sending or throwing out
- emissioact of sending or throwing out
- säteilyact of sending or throwing out
French émission, émission
- émissionsomething that is emitted
- émissionact of sending or throwing out
German Ausstoß, Emission
- Ausstoßsomething that is emitted
- Emissionsomething that is emitted
Greek εκπομπή
- εκπομπή (ekpompí)act of sending or throwing out
Hindi उत्सर्जन, फटना
- उत्सर्जन (utsarjan)something that is emitted
- फटना (phaṭnā)act of sending or throwing out
Hungarian váladék, kibocsátás
- váladéksomething that is emitted
- kibocsátásact of sending or throwing out
Indonesian emisi, emisi
- emisisomething that is emitted
- emisiact of sending or throwing out
Irish astaíocht, astú
- astaíochtact of sending or throwing out
- astúact of sending or throwing out
- cur amachact of sending or throwing out
Latin ēmissiō
- ēmissiōsomething that is emitted
Persian گسیلش, گسیل
- گسیلش (gosileš)act of sending or throwing out
- گسیل (gosil)act of sending or throwing out
Polish emisja
- emisjaact of sending or throwing out
Portuguese emissão, emissão
- emissãosomething that is emitted
- emissãoact of sending or throwing out
Romanian emisiune, emisie
- emisiunesomething that is emitted
- emisiesomething that is emitted
Russian вы́брос, вы́пуск
- вы́брос (výbros)something that is emitted
- вы́пуск (výpusk)something that is emitted
- эми́ссия (emíssija)something that is emitted
- излуче́ние (izlučénije)act of sending or throwing out
Spanish emisión
- emisiónsomething that is emitted
Swedish utsläpp, strålning
- utsläppsomething that is emitted
- strålningact of sending or throwing out
Turkish emisyon, salınım
- emisyonsomething that is emitted
- salınımsomething that is emitted
Ukrainian ви́кид, ви́ділення
- ви́кид (výkyd)something that is emitted
- ви́ділення (výdilennja)something that is emitted
- ви́кид (výkyd)act of sending or throwing out
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
emission. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emission
“emission.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emission. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emission,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emission.
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