Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
EMISSION
emission, emanation
(noun) the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
emission
(noun) the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
discharge, emission, expelling
(noun) any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; “the discharge of pus”
emission
(noun) the release of electrons from parent atoms
discharge, emission
(noun) a substance that is emitted or released
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
emission (countable and uncountable, plural emissions)
Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.
Synonyms
• (act of sending out): issuance
Hyponyms
• nocturnal emission
Anagrams
• Misiones, simonies, simonise
Source: Wiktionary
E*mis"sion, n. Etym: [L. emissio: cf. F. Ă©mission. See Emit.]
1. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes. issue bank notes.
2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood. Emission theory (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles. See Corpuscular theory, under Corpuscular.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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