Emission (?), n. [L. emissio: cf. F. émission. See Emit.]
1. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, “the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes.”
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2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, “the emission was mostly blood”.
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Emission theory (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles. See Corpuscular theory, under Corpuscular.
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