n. 1. The act or an instance of emitting. 2. Something emitted. 3. A substance discharged into the air, as by an internal combustion engine. [Latin ēmissiō, ēmissiōn-, a sending out, from ēmissus, past participle of ēmittere, to send out; see EMIT.] |
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