EMANATION


Meaning of EMANATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌe-mə-ˈnā-shən ]

noun

Date: 1570

1.

a. : the action of emanating

b. : the origination of the world by a series of hierarchically descending radiations from the Godhead through intermediate stages to matter

2.

a. : something that emanates or is produced by emanation : effluence

b. : an isotope of radon produced by radioactive disintegration

radium emanation

• em·a·na·tive ˈe-mə-ˌnā-tiv adjective

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