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Pronunciation : E*mis"sion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. emissio: cf. F. ?mission. See Emit.]
Definition : 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. issue bank notes.
2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood. Emission theory (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles. See Corpuscular theory, under Corpuscular.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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