verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
emit a signal (= sends one out )
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The device emits a signal which can be picked up by a submarine.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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light
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When minerals such as quartz and feldspars have received a radiation dose and are then heated, they emit light .
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Are black smokers hot enough to emit light visible to the shrimp?
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Scientists can learn much about the nature of an object by studying the way it emits and absorbs light and other radiation.
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Suppose he were to emit a flash of light from a torch.
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The right-angle configuration does not prevent loss of the exciting or the emitted light . 19.
particle
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What happens is that a matter particle , such as an electron or a quark, emits a force-carrying particle.
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As the emitted particles are absorbed by the surrounding matter, their energy of motion is transformed into heat.
radiation
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All matter at temperatures above that of absolute zero emits infrared radiation .
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Energy lost by electrons as they are evicted from their traps is emitted as light radiation and is termed thermoluminescence.
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But a body with a particular temperature must emit radiation at a certain rate.
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The lamps emit ultra-violet radiation which has powerful cancer-causing abilities, according to a small pilot study on its effects on mice.
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The isotopes are measured by counting their alpha emissions; each isotope emits alpha radiation of a characteristic frequency.
signal
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This was suspected because when the particles collide they emit radio signals .
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Each transmitter in each fish emits a different signal , explained Vlach.
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A transponder is a device that emits radar signals identifying and locating aircraft for air traffic controllers.
sound
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The Clown Loach are continually fighting; they emit a clicking sound which I know is territorial.
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One emits a low sound . the other a sound of higher pitch.
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These emit two distinct sounds , depending on which end one blows into.
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Instantly, the metal container began to emit a clicking sound .
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She came even closer and emitted a sound like laughter.
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This encouraged the natural impulse to whistle, and led in turn to the use of instrumental whistles emitting high-frequency sound .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Sounds emitted by the dolphins were recorded with an underwater microphone.
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The Earth emits natural radiation.
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The machine emits regular bleeps which indicate the heart rate.
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When minerals such as quartz are heated, they emit light.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An average car emits five lungfuls of poisonous carbon monoxide gas per mile.
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But soon after lunar sunrise, it emitted an extremely powerful blast of radio energy.
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He knew he had acquired an object which emitted other noxious gases - Pitfall Number One - but that wasn't all.
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It emitted less than a tenth as much radiation.
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Sleep becomes very deep as your brain emits high, wide delta waves.
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The ratios change over time as potassium undergoes radioactive decay and emits argon gas.