emittent
English
Etymology
From Latin emittens, present participle emittere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈmɪtənt/
Adjective
emittent (comparative more emittent, superlative most emittent)
- Sending forth; emissive.
- 1673, Robert Boyle, Essays of the Strange Subtilty, Great Efficacy, Determinate Nature of Effluviums
- the emittent Body was firm and cold
- 1673, Robert Boyle, Essays of the Strange Subtilty, Great Efficacy, Determinate Nature of Effluviums
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for emittent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Latin
Verb
ēmittent
- third-person plural future active indicative of ēmittō