EMANATION Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

emanation

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Definition of emanation

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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Noun

The necessity of maintaining fuel efficiency standards is manifest in California, where about 40% of those emissions come from auto and truck tailpipes.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
The researchers say that if the emission cone could be narrowed sufficiently to better match the absorption cone of sunlight, efficiencies approaching 43 percent could theoretically become possible.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of emission

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These measures did not stem the outflow of roughly 100,000 specialists—about a tenth of Russia’s tech workforce—over the course of 2022.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
In May and June, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded nearly $7 billion in outflows, according to data from analytics platform SoSoValue.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of outflow

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Water therefore keeps flowing in at the edge and out through the center as vapor, and that steady flow is what generates the current.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026
Cool a material below a critical temperature, and electrons pair up and enter a state that lets electricity flow without resistance.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of flow

Noun

The deadly shooting prompted an outpouring of support for Rodriguez, who left behind a wife, a 3-year-old son and a 6-month-old baby.

— Breaking News, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Anger is also mounting beyond Cornell, as the case has drawn an outpouring of solidarity on social media.

— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

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