emanation

emanation

See also: émanation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛməˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Etymology

From emanate.

Noun

emanation (countable and uncountable, plural emanations)

1. The act of flowing or proceeding from a source or origin.
2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.

   Perfume is an emanation from a flower.

3. (uncountable, obsolete, chemistry) The element radon.
4. (theology) The generation of the Son and the procession of the Holy Spirit, as distinct from the origination of created beings.

Translations

act of flowing

Bulgarian: излъчване (bg) n (izlǎčvane) French: émanation (fr) f German: Ausströmen n, Emanation (de) f

Italian: emanazione (it) f Polish: emanacja (pl) f Spanish: emanación f

that which flows

Bulgarian: еманация (bg) f (emanacija) French: émanation (fr) f German: Emanation (de) f, Ausströmung f, Ausstrahlung (de) f, Ausdünstung (de) f, Aussendung f

Italian: emanazione (it) f Spanish: emanación f

radon — See also translations at radon

French: (obsolete) émanation (fr) f, radon (fr) m

See also

• evolution

Anagrams

• anamniote