emanation
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See also: émanation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From emanate.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌɛməˈneɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]emanation (countable and uncountable, plural emanations)
- The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin.
- That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.
- Perfume is an emanation from a flower.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 90:
- Her love for Francis Evelyn was an emanation of that romance which is in the heart of every girl; her preference was as much circumstance as choice, and strengthened by no comparison.
- (uncountable, obsolete) (physics, chemistry) The element radon (Rn)
- Hyponyms: radium emanation, thorium emanation, actinium emanation
- (theology) The generation of the Son and the procession of the Holy Spirit, as distinct from the origination of created beings.
Derived terms
[edit]- actinium emanation (radon-219)
- radium emanation (radon-222)
- thorium emanation (radon-220)
Translations
[edit]act of flowing
that which flows
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