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emanation

emanation

5 8.3
Something that comes out from a place, like gas, light or a smell
  • noun
  • /ˌɛmənˈeɪʃən/
translation icon : emanación
  • The mysterious light was an emanation from the glowing crystal.

That opens up the possibility that we are both emanations of consciousness.

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Examples

  • I begin to find out how these emanations travel.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • X-rays and radioactive emanations ionize gases, stripping away electrons from their nuclei and thus enabling them to conduct electricity.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Was he really God, or simply an emanation, or maybe a created being?

    Blog text (20)
  • Not a real cry, but an emanation of the very atmosphere.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • At the very least, they took it for the emanation of a deeply admirable character.

    Academic text (1999)
  • It is therefore an emanation of virtue.

  • That opens up the possibility that we are both emanations of consciousness.

  • Compassion, as Rousseau presents it, is an emanation of that natural human self-love, which attests to the natural goodness of man.

    Academic text (1997)
  • You there's just a trust and there's no duality anymore because you're an extension of the One, an emanation of the One.

  • Whence extends this faint alarm, inaudible, invisible, intangible, the thinnest emanation of some magnet too weak, too diffuse, for any compass?

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

release
vsemanation
149 3.6

The act of letting a liquid, gas, or energy flow out

focuses less on allowance and more on the outgoing thing or process itself
emission
vsemanation
57 3.5

An act of releasing something like gas, steam, light, or heat from a source

is both the thing that comes out and the act of sending it from a source
radiation
vsemanation
7 4.8

Spreading outward from a central point, like heat from a fire

covers outgoing things whether they spread evenly or not from the source
emittance
vsemanation
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A number that shows how well a surface gives off heat as radiation

is the general outgoing thing or process rather than a technical measure
extramission
vsemanation
  • Specialized
9.9

The sending out of light or small particles from a source

is broader, covering any thing or process that comes out from a source

Antonyms

27 6.1

Keeping something harmful under control so it does not spread

absorption
  • Specialized
21 4.6

A material takes in energy or a substance from another material

How Strong

flood
75 2.4
outpouring
42 4.2
emission
57 3.5
emanation
5 8.3
whiff
60 3.2
trace
492 3.3

Surface Forms

emanation singular
emanations plural

Morphology

emanation = emanate (transparent) = emanate + ion

Standard noun formation from the verb 'emanate' with the noun '-ion' gives the act or result of flowing out, a meaning directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

The word emanation comes from the Latin parts e- 'out' and manare 'to flow', so it originally meant 'to flow out'. So an emanation is something that 'flows out' from a source, like light, a smell, or a gas.