emanation

noun

Definition of emanationnext
as in emission

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Recent Examples of emanation In 2015, for instance, Tel Aviv University researchers demonstrated a radio spying device that could steal information from a computer based on the electromagnetic emanations of its processor from a couple of feet away. — Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 4 Mar. 2026 From presence as performance to loving presence as emanation. — Gregory Stebbins, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026 Another way of saying this is that the radiant or emanation point of most meteor showers appears highest in the sky before dawn. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 Dec. 2025 This perhaps had something to do with the curious luminance of the boy’s face, as in paintings of saints, as though the glow were the emanation of grace. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for emanation
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  1. emission
  2. effluence
  3. outflow
  4. flow
  5. outpouring
Noun
  • The governor’s September 2020 order directed the state to require all new cars and passenger trucks sold in the state after 2035 be zero-emission vehicles.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
  • The results show Californians have a strong distaste for building data centers for artificial intelligence technology, and largely favor the state’s efforts to protect the environment and cut emissions — with some exceptions.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of emission
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  • The environment struggles with effluence from ground sources and pollution in general that pours into the Bay.
    — Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • All human activity now passes through a computational pipeline—even the sanitation worker transforms effluence into data.
    — TIME, TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
Definition of effluence
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  • This could raise wildfire risk, as dry lightning and gusty outflow winds are typically associated with these storm systems.
    — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
  • For a second straight year, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports that more Israelis have left the country than have come home—a quiet outflow seldom counted among the war’s costs.
    — Frayda Leibtag, Time, 13 July 2026
Definition of outflow
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  • Normally, the onshore flow — a west-to-southwest wind that creates the ocean breeze and pushes air away from the coasts — would push the particulate matter with it.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • This would let traffic flow, which is so necessary for the vitality and economy of Chicago; provide a safer route for bikers; and ease the frustration of all of those on the streets of Chicago.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of flow
Noun
  • There has been an outpouring of grief in Kern County and at Sacramento State of a life of promise unfulfilled.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • The case has drawn an outpouring of support for Hearn, a longtime volunteer caretaker of park property, as Trump officials warn that vandalism of national monuments won’t go unpunished.
    — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of outpouring

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