EMANATION

emission, emanation

(noun) the act of emitting; causing to flow forth

emanation, rise, procession

(noun) (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; “the emanation of the Holy Spirit”; “the rising of the Holy Ghost”; “the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son”

emanation

(noun) something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From emanate.

Noun

emanation (countable and uncountable, plural emanations)

The act of flowing or proceeding from a source or origin.

That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.

(uncountable, obsolete, chemistry) The element radon.

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

Anagrams

• anamniote

Source: Wiktionary


Em`a*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. emanatio: cf. F. Ă©manation.]

1. The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin. South. Those profitable and excellent emanations from God. Jer. Taylor.

2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation from a flower. An emanation of the indwelling life. Bryant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

5 November 2024

TEMPORIZE

(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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