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verb
- 1. produce and discharge (something, especially gas or radiation): "even the best cars emit carbon dioxide" Similar Opposite
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to send out light, sound, or a smell, or a gas or other substance: The alarm emits a high-pitched sound if anyone tries to break in. emission. noun [ C/U ] us / iˈmɪʃ·ən / [ C ] The regulations require a reduction in harmful emissions.
The meaning of EMIT is to throw or give off or out. How to use emit in a sentence.
to send out light, sound, or a smell, or a gas or other substance: The alarm emits a high-pitched sound if anyone tries to break in. emission. noun [ C/U ] us / iˈmɪʃ·ən / [ C ] The regulations require a reduction in harmful emissions.
Emit means to release or discharge something, such as gas, liquid, heat, sound, light, or radiation. The process of emitting is called emission. Emission can also refer to something that has been emitted. A specific example of an emission is the exhaust emitted from cars (in the U.S., such emissions are regulated through emissions tests).
Definitions of emit. verb. give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc. “The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits ”. synonyms: give off, give out. see more. verb. expel (gases or odors) synonyms: breathe, pass off.
If something emits heat, light, gas, or a smell, it produces it and sends it out by means of a physical or chemical process. The new device emits a powerful circular column of light. [VERB noun] ...the amount of carbon dioxide emitted. [VERB noun] To emit a sound or noise means to produce it.
1. To give or send out (matter or energy): isotopes that emit radioactive particles; a stove emitting heat. 2. a. To give out as sound; utter: "She emitted her small strange laugh" (Edith Wharton). b. To voice; express: emit an idea. 3. To issue with authority, especially to put (currency) into circulation.
