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emanation

/em-uh-ney-shuhn/US // ˌɛm əˈneɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌɛməˈneɪʃən) //

发出,发射,发光,发散

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of emanating.
    • : something that emanates or is emanated.
    • : Physical Chemistry. a gaseous product of radioactive disintegration, including radon, thoron, and actinon. Symbol: Em

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounemergence, discharge

Examples

  • It hinges on the assumption that the Vatican or its metaphysical emanation, the Holy See, is a state.

  • I do not know whether the females in this species be subject to the periodical emanation.

  • I speak of sound as a material emanation, because whatever sound comes to us through the ear comes from some material source.

  • On his way back he encountered Miss Mercy Chant by the church, from whose walls she seemed to be a sort of emanation.

  • The peaceful nocturnal roar of the city, dwindling every moment now, reached them like an emanation from another world.

  • This latter condition saves the Neo-Platonic conception from being a pure system of emanation like some Indian doctrines.