emanation

American  

[em-uh-ney-shuhn] / ˌɛm əˈneɪ ʃən /

noun

1. an act or instance of emanating.

2. something that emanates or is emanated.

3. Physical Chemistry. a gaseous product of radioactive disintegration, including radon, thoron, and actinon. Em

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emanation British  

/ ˌɛməˈneɪʃən /

noun

1. an act or instance of emanating

2. something that emanates or is produced; effusion

3. a gaseous product of radioactive decay, such as radon

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Other Word Forms

• emanational adjective

Etymology

Origin of emanation

1560–70; < Late Latin ēmānātiōn- (stem of ēmānātiō ), equivalent to ēmānāt ( us ) ( emanate ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

“The form of the danger is an emanation of energy. The danger is unleashed only if you substantially disturb this place physically. This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.”

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2024

In the first “Symphony in White,” she seems vulnerable and defenseless, her arms held loosely at her sides, her stance retiring, her presence registering as an emanation from the white curtain behind her.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2022

“It is always an emanation, a reflection, a mirror of the society.”

From New York Times • May 10, 2021

“Whether C. auris is the first example of new pathogenic fungi emerging from climate change … its emanation stokes worries that humanity may face new diseases from fungal adaptation to hotter climates,” they write.

From Scientific American • Jul. 23, 2019

A victim was still needed before the outsiders and many of the old inhabitants of Macondo would credit the legend that Remedios Buendía did not give off a breath of love but a fatal emanation.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez