1. The act of emitting; causing to flow forth
   "The emission of greenhouse gases contributes to global warming";
   - emanation
    
2. A substance that is emitted or released
   "Scientists measured the emission of greenhouse gases";
   - discharge
    
3. The release of electrons from parent atoms
   "The emission of electrons from the heated filament is crucial for the operation of vacuum tubes"
    
4. Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
   "the emission of pus";
   - discharge
    
5. The occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
   "The sudden emission of water from the broken main flooded the street"

Derived forms: emissions

Type of: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process, egress, egression, emergence, flow, flowing, material, release, stuff

Encyclopedia: Emission