Part 3717

<hw>E*mis"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emissio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82mission</ets>. See <er>Emit</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; <as>as, the <ex>emission</ex> of light from the sun; the <ex>emission</ex> of heat from a fire; the <ex>emission</ex> of bank notes.</as></def> <-- now, we <it>issue</it> bank notes. -->

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; <as>as, the <ex>emission</ex> was mostly blood</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Emission theory</col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of <i>emitted<i> particles or corpuscles. See <cref>Corpuscular theory</cref>, under <er>Corpuscular</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Emissitious</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em`is*si"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emissitius</ets>, fr. <ets>emittere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Looking, or narrowly examining; prying.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Those <i>emissitious</i> eyes."

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Emissive</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mis"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Sending out; emitting; <as>as, <ex>emissive</ex> powers</as>.</def>

<h1>Emissivity</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em`is*siv"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.</def>

<h1>Emissory</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mis"so*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Emissary</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, 2.</def>

<h1>Emit</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mit"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Emitted</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Emitting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>emittere</ets> to send out; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>mittere</ets> to send. See <er>Mission</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; <as>as, fire <ex>emits</ex> heat and smoke; boiling water <ex>emits</ex> steam; the sun <ex>emits</ex> light.</as></def>

<blockquote>Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god <b>emit</b> His fatal arrows. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.</def>

<blockquote>No State shall . . . <b>emit</b> bills of credit. <i>Const. of the U. S.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Emittent</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>E*mit"tent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>emittens</ets>, p. pr. <ets>emittere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Sending forth; emissive.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Emmantle</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em*man"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>em-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>mantle</ets>: cf. F. <ets>emmanteler</ets>. Cf. <er>Inmantle</er>.]</ety> <def>To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Emmanuel</h1> <Xpage=485>

<hw>Em*man"u*el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Immanuel</er>.</def>

<i>Matt. i. 23.</i>