emanation

See also: émanation

English

Etymology

From emanate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛməˈneɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

emanation (countable and uncountable, plural emanations)

1. The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin.
2. 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.

3. (uncountable, obsolete) (physics, chemistry) The element radon (Rn)

   Hyponyms: radium emanation, thorium emanation, actinium emanation

4. (theology) The generation of the Son and the procession of the Holy Spirit, as distinct from the origination of created beings.

Derived terms

• actinium emanation (radon-219)
• radium emanation (radon-222)
• thorium emanation (radon-220)

 

Translations

act of flowing

• Bulgarian: излъчване (bg) n (izlǎčvane)
• French: émanation (fr) f
• German: Ausströmen n, Emanation (de) f
• Hindi: प्रसर्जन (hi) (prasarjan), निःसरण (hi) (niḥsaraṇ), प्रसर्ग (hi) (prasarg)
• Italian: emanazione (it) f
• Polish: emanacja (pl) f
• Spanish: emanación f

that which flows

• Bulgarian: еманация (bg) f (emanacija)
• French: émanation (fr) f
• German: Emanation (de) f, Ausströmung f, Ausstrahlung (de) f, Ausdünstung (de) f, Aussendung f
• Italian: emanazione (it) f
• Polish: emanacja (pl) f
• Spanish: emanación f

radon — see also radon

• French: (obsolete) émanation (fr) f, radon (fr) m
• Polish: emanacja (pl) f

See also

• evolution

Anagrams

• anamniote