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reemission

reemission

7.8
To give out light or particles after something absorbs them
  • noun
  • /ˌriːɪˈmɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reemisión
  • Absorption/reemission is the process that slows light down, but it is not due to the individual atoms but the whole ensemble.

Examples

  • The reemission of light from the surface made the room glow beautifully.

  • Following absorption, the reemission of energy is crucial in understanding how materials interact with light.

  • So you need to put in a reemission flux distribution.

  • For your calculation of the enhancement above the four N squared, did you also include the effect of reemission of the antennas?

  • And of course the solid self there's a photon will have absorption and reemission in the solid.

  • With elevated temperature, the absorption and reemission times should be shortened, and the refraction index would go down.

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  • Scientists study the reemission of particles to gain insights into energy transfer processes.

Synonyms

emission
vsreemission
57 3.5

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

specifies the release happens again after absorption rather than during initial release
phosphorescence
vsreemission
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A glow that continues after the light is turned off

describes emitting after absorption but not necessarily continuing after the source stops
reradiation
vsreemission
  • Specialized
1 8.2

Something gives off heat or energy it has taken in again

also covers emitting light or particles again rather than only heat
photoluminescence
vsreemission
  • Specialized
8.4

Light a material gives out after it takes in light

covers emitting absorbed energy in many forms, not limited to photons

Antonyms

absorption
  • Specialized
21 4.6

A material takes in energy or a substance from another material

How Strong

radiation
  • Specialized
438 4.5
emission
57 3.5
reemission
  • Specialized
7.8
to glow
161 1.2

Surface Forms

reemission singular
reemissions plural

Morphology

reemission = emission (semi-transparent) = re + emiss + ion

Adding 're-' to 'emission' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'emission again'.

Etymology

Reemission combines re- 'again' and emit 'to give off'. So, reemission means 'giving off again', used when light, heat, or tiny particles are sent out again after being taken in.