EMANATION


Meaning of EMANATION in English

ˌeməˈnāshən noun

( -s )

Etymology: Late Latin emanation-, emanatio, from Latin emanatus + -ion-, -io -ion

1.

a. : the action of emanating : a flowing forth

experiencing our consciousness as an emanation of the creative impulse that rules the world — Albert Schweitzer

the emanation of light from a candle

b. : the origination of the world conceived in Neoplatonism not as a creation out of nothing but as a series of hierarchically descending radiations from the Godhead to nous and other intermediate stages and ultimately to matter

c. : the procession (as of Jesus Christ or the Holy Spirit) directly from the Godhead — distinguished from creation as used of mortal beings

2. : something that emanates or is produced by emanation : efflux: as

a. : a quality or property issuing from a source

the dark emanations of the unconscious — Herbert Read

the soul may be considered an emanation of divinity lodged in man

b. : something impalpable (as light, odor, or effluvium) that arises from a material souce

the air was tainted with musky emanations from the alligator pens

especially : a heavy gaseous element produced by radioactive disintegration

radium emanation

— symbol Em ; compare actinon , radon , thoron

c. : consequence , outcome ; especially : any of the specific products of a particular social milieu or cultural level : a cultural aspect

the stylized art of the Egyptians was as definite an emanation of their culture as was the heroic naturalism of the Greeks

• em·a·na·tion·al |emə|nāshən ə l, -shnəl adjective

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