extramission

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noun

Emission.

OriginLatin extra mittere →
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Meanings

nounextramission (plural extramissions)

plural extramissions

  1. obsoleteEmission.

    Aristotle, Alhazen, Vitello, and others [...] hold, that sight is made by reception, and not by extramission; by receiving the rays of the object into the eye, and not be sending any out.

    1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.7

Origin

  1. Latinextra mittere
  2. Englishextramission

From Latin extra mittere.

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APA

extramission. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extramission

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“extramission.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extramission. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extramission,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extramission.

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