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emit Definition

emit (ē mit, i-)

transitive verb emitted emit′·ted, emitting emit′·ting

  1. to send out; give forth; discharge geysers emit water
  2. to utter (words or sounds)
  3. to transmit (a signal) as by radio waves
  4. to give off (electrons) under the influence of heat, radiation, etc.
  5. to issue (paper money or the like); put into circulation

Etymology: L emittere < e-, out (see ex-) + mittere, to send: see mission

emit Synonyms

emit

v.

  1. To send forth

    discharge, give off, give out, let off, let out, send out, cast up, cast out, throw up, throw out, breathe out, spill out, pour out, pour forth, give forth, eject, blow, hurl, gush, secrete, spurt, shoot, erupt, squirt, shed, expel, issue, transmit, beam, broadcast, vent, release, expend, vomit, belch, excrete, perspire, void, evacuate, spew, spit, expectorate, ooze, exude, slop over, exhale, extrude, emanate, jet.

  2. To express

    voice, pronounce, speak; see utter.

emit Usage Examples

Used with why or when

  • when: Named for the smelly, oily fluids they emit when alarmed.

Object

  • photon: What causes an excited atom or molecule to emit a photon?
  • pollutant: Not only do they use less gas, tho, they also emit fewer pollutants into the air.
  • fume: We might emit some noxious fumes into the atmosphere by driving there, or leave a slight residue on a site.

Adjective complement

  • infrared: Again, cloud tops are usually cooler and emit less infrared upwards than the surface, while cloud bottoms radiate some infrared back down.
  • less: More than 50 Southern countries, including India, emit less than half the maximum level ( 0.2 tons per person ).

Preposition: at

  • wavelength: It also shows that the black body emits at a peak wavelength, at which most of the radiant energy is emitted.

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