emission

n.

1. The act or an instance of emitting.
2. Something emitted.
3. A substance discharged into the air, especially by an internal combustion engine.

[Latin ēmissiō, ēmissiōn-, a sending out, from ēmissus, past participle of ēmittere, to send out. See emit.]

n

Definition: issuance, diffusion
Antonyms: concealment, containment, reception, refrain, repression, suppression, withholding

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The radiation of energy (for example, electromagnetic, heat, light, or sound).

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A discharge.

IN BRIEF: An act of sending something out.

The government has set emission standards for all automobiles.

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Common misspelling(s) of emission

• emmision
• emision
• emition

Dansk (Danish)
n. - stråling, udslip, udledning, udstedelse, emission, sædafgang, udbrud

Nederlands (Dutch)
emissie, uiting, afscheiding (m.n. afval), uitzending, afgifte

Français (French)
n. - dégagement, émissions (de substances)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Emission, Abstrahlung, Ausstoßen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εκπομπή (θερμότητας κ.λπ.), αποβολή, αναθυμίαση (κν. ανάδοση)

Italiano (Italian)
emissione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - emissão (f)

Русский (Russian)
эмиссия, поллюция, выброс, выпуск

Español (Spanish)
n. - emisión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utsändande, utstrålning, emission

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发射, 发行, 射出

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 發射, 發行, 射出

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 방사, 방사물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 放射, 放出, 発散, 放射物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اطلاق, اصدار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הוצאה, הנפקה, פליטה, אמיסיה‬

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