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noun
The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
(physics, chemistry) The element radon (Rn)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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noun
The generation of the Son and the procession of the Holy Spirit, as distinct from the origination of created beings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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noun
the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: emission
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: egress, egression, emergence
Narrower terms: radiation, discharge, venting
noun
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: rise, procession
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: origin, origination, inception
noun
something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: matter
Narrower terms: ectoplasm
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin exder. Latin ē Proto-Indo-European *meh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *meh2-no-der. Latin mānō Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin mānāre Latin ēmānārebor. English emanate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English emanation From emanate + -ion.
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
