Emanation

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  • noun. The act or an instance of emanating.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Something that issues from a source; an emission.
  • noun. Any of several radioactive gases that are isotopes of radon and are products of radioactive decay.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of flowing or issuing from a fountainhead or origin; emission; radiation.
  • noun. In philosophy: Efficient causation due to the essence and not to any particular action of the cause. Thus, when the trunk of a tree is moved, the branches go along with it by virtue of emanation. Hence — The production of anything by such a process of causation, as from the divine essence.
  • noun. That which issues, flows, or is given out from any substance or body; effiux; effiuvium: as, the odor of a flower is an emanation of its particles.
  • noun. In algebra, the process of obtaining the successive emanants of a quantic.
  • noun. Specifically, in radioactivity, an unstable gaseous disintegration-product spontaneously produced from a radioactive substance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.
  • noun. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.
  • noun. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation from a flower.
  • noun. radon
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  • noun. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
  • noun. the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
  • noun. something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.)
  • Word Usage
    "The term emanation, being itself a metaphor, has been, and is still, used in many senses, and frequently by writers who are not emanationists."
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