emission
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- noun
- /ɪˈmɪʃən/
- Do you know, like, what the emissions from this car actually do to the environment?
- carbon emissions
- greenhouse gas emissions
- gas emissions
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Watch on YouTubeI mean, there's a huge amount of carbon emissions from military operations.
- I mean, there's a huge amount of carbon emissions from military operations.
- They didn't look at the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions for fossil fuels.
- And that brought an emissions problem of its own.
- The first of those things, and perhaps most importantly, is about reducing the emissions from food production.
- They're low down the food chain and so they have much lower emissions associated with eating them.
- Transport emissions is a fairly big chunk of our greenhouse gas emissions in the UK.
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The first of those things, and perhaps most importantly, is about reducing the emissions from food production.
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The major air pollution sources were automobile exhaust emissions and domestic heating.
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Part of the reason was that car emissions went down.
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And this is the amount of carbon emission per unit GDP.
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All right, this is business as usual emissions in the United States.
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In addition, there will be increased road congestion, vehicle emissions, and significant water use.
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We actually can significantly reduce our overall emissions by eating less meat or eating no meat whatsoever.
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As part of a strategy to reduce carbon emissions, management practices that favor carbon storage may be emphasized.
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During the 1970s and 1980s, environmental regulations substantially reduced emissions from industry and stationary sources.
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Every country has promised to reduce emissions to the level that they signed up for.
Synonyms
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Harmful gases that smell bad and come from engines or machines
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Liquid or other matter that comes out of something, often as waste
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Something that comes out from a place, like gas, light or a smell
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A number that shows how well a surface gives off heat as radiation
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A gas like carbon dioxide or methane that traps heat in the air and warms the planet
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A medical scan that shows how body parts use energy, often the brain
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Electrons leave a material's surface when a strong electric field pulls them into empty space
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A set of bright lines or bands of light given off by something hot like a gas
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Electrons that a surface sends out when hit by fast electrons or charged particles
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A machine that makes detailed pictures showing where the body uses energy
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A microscope that uses electrons to show a material's surface in very small detail
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When a material absorbs very strong light, it releases electrons
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Etymology
Emission comes from Latin parts e- 'out' and mittere 'to send', and it shares the root with emit 'to send out'. So an emission can mean the thing sent out, such as a gas, heat, or radiation released into the air.