emit
verb (used with object)
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
reemit
-
a word derived from
emit.
Example Sentences
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The phenomenon occurs when compounds in the salamander's skin absorb ultraviolet light, which humans cannot see, and reemit that energy as visible light.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
We can structure metamaterials to efficiently absorb heat without needing to reemit a portion of the absorbed energy toward the source, as a normal material would, enhancing the amount of energy we can harvest.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 18, 2022
The hope was that the filament would reabsorb the IR photons, which would then reemit some of that energy as visible light.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 11, 2016
The short intense flash can rapidly energize a laser and allow it to reemit the energy in another form.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Of course, if the bloom is eaten, then animal metabolism will reemit the CO2, sending it back to the atmosphere and defeating the purpose of reducing CO2 emissions, as prior scientific studies have shown.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 28, 2012
