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to reemitting

to reemitting

7.7
To send out light or energy again after taking it in
  • verb
  • Specialized
translation icon : reemitiendo
  • The material absorbs energy and then reemits it as light.

Examples

  • We know that it absorbs outgoing long wave radiation and then reemits it back down to the surface, causing a warming of the surface.

  • You shoot a laser at a bunch of atoms so that they absorb and reemit the light, but so that on average they lose energy.

  • And we have light reemitted from that surface.

  • The electron falls back down and reemits reemits.

  • But strictly speaking, it absorbs A particle and reemits it from the same point.

  • After the sun's rays are absorbed, some of that energy is reemitted into space.

  • When the atom gains energy, it will eventually reemits that energy in the form of a photon.

Synonyms

to rerun
vsto reemitting
3 2.9

Repeat a test or experiment to check the results

involves releasing something previously absorbed rather than repeating whole actions
to resend
vsto reemitting
3 2.0

Send something again, usually a message or file

concerns things absorbed then released again, not repeating sent messages
to retransmit
vsto reemitting
1 6.0

To send or broadcast something again, for example by radio

refers to giving back things that were absorbed rather than rebroadcasting messages
to reemit
vsto reemitting
  • Specialized
7.7

Give off energy they took in as heat or light

is broader, applying to anything absorbed then sent out again
to reradiate
vsto reemitting
  • Specialized
8.0

To receive a signal and send it out again so it reaches more places

is the general action of releasing something previously absorbed without technical focus

How Strong

blazing
1 3.5
radiating
4.2
to reemitting
  • Specialized
7.7
emissive
  • Specialized
7.6

Surface Forms

reemitting present participle

Morphology

reemitting = reemit (transparent) = re + emit + ing

This is the regular -ing form of the verb 'reemit', so the meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Reemitting combines the prefix re- meaning 'again' with emit meaning 'to send out'. So reemitting means 'to send out again', for example when a surface gives back light or heat after it has been absorbed.