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Definition: Emanation |
EmanationNoun1. Something that is produced by emanation. 2. The act of emitting. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "emanation" was first used: 1570. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| Em. | English | Emanation | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: EmanationSynonym: emission (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Egress | Noun: egress, exit, issue; emersion, emergence; outbreak, outburst; eruption, proruption; emanation; egression; evacuation; exudation, transudation; extravasation, perspiration, sweating, leakage, percolation, distillation, oozing; gush; (water in motion); outpour, outpouring; effluence, effusion; effluxion, drain; dribbling; Verb: defluxion; drainage; outcome, output; discharge; (excretion). |
Excretion | Noun: excretion, discharge, emanation; exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation, ecchymosis; evacuation, dejection, faeces, excrement, stools, crap; bloody flux; cacation; coeliac-flux, coeliac-passion; dysentery; perspiration, sweat; subation, exudation; diaphoresis; sewage; eccrinology. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Emanation |
| English words defined with "emanation": Effluxion, Emanatively, Emanatory ♦ From ♦ Immanation ♦ Promanation. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Emanation" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (emanation), Swedish (emanation). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Figure 63. Marti's continuous recording sounder built by the French engineer Pierre Marti. In 1919, Marti began designing and describing sounding machines based on acoustic methods. This recording device allowed measuring time of sound emanation and time of reception, thus giving travel time which can be used to determine depth. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Emanation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Emanation" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "emanation": radium emanation. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
emanation | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "emanation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | فيض (abundance, affluence, flood, flooding, flow, overflow, plenty, spate, superfluity), نتيجة (conclusion, consequence, echo, effect, end, event, fruit, offshoot, offspring, outcome, payoff, precipitate, product, progeny, purpose, ramification, repercussion, result, score, sequel, termination, upshot, work), نظرية الصدور, ضوع, إنبثاق (egress, emergence, emersion, procession). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отделяне (breakaway, detachment, disconnection, disconnexion, disengagement, disseverance, divorcement, emission, evolution, excretion, exudation, generation, isolation, partition, release, scission, secession, secretion, separation, severance), миризма (flavoring, flavouring, odor, odour, scent, smack, smell), еманация (effluence), плод (fruit, issue, product), излъчване (emission, eradiation, irradiance, irradiation, luminance, radiation, scintillation), излъчено вещество, изпарения (damp, vapor, vapour). (various references) | |
Chinese | "射 (Emission). (various references) | |
French | dégagement (emission), émanation. (various references) | |
German | ausstrahlung (aura, broadcast, charisma, emission, magnetism, presence, radiation, transmission, vibes), emanation, Aussendung (emission, sending out). (various references) | |
Greek | προέλευση (descent, origin, origination, provenance, source), απορροία (issue, outcome). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "אצל" (ennobling, inspiration, sublimation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kisugárzás (emission, eradiation, irradiation), kiáradás (flooding, outbreak, outflow, outpouring, overflow, overflowing), emanáció (aura, aurae). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pemancaran (broadcasting, emission, radiation). (various references) | |
Italian | emanazione (decree, emission). (various references) | |
Manx | ta cheet voish. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | emanationay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | emanação (aura, fume, issue). (various references) | |
Romanian | exalare (exhalation), emanaţie (aura, effluvium, emission), radiaţie (irradiation, radiance, radiancy, radiation), provenire, origine (ancestry, beginning, birth, blood, cause, commencement, derivation, descent, etymology, extraction, fountain-head, genesis, growth, origin, origination, parent, parentage, provenance, rise, root, root stock, source, spring, strain). (various references) | |
Russian | эманация, истечение (effluence, efflux, effusion, escape, expiry, flowing, flux, outflow), испускание, излучение (emission, eradiation, radiation). (various references) | |
Spanish | emanación (aura). (various references) | |
Swedish | utflöde (effluence, effluent, efflux, flow, issue, outflow, outgoing). (various references) | |
Thai | สิ่งที่ผ่านออกมา, การส่งผ่านออกมา. (various references) | |
Turkish | sızıntı (creep, creepage, efflux, escape, leak, leakage, ooze, outflow, runaway, seepage), radyoaktif gaz, ortaya çıkma (appearance, arrival, dawn), fışkırma (eruption, gush, jet, outburst, spout, spurt, squirt), çıkan şey (ejection). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | витікання (discharge, drain, effluence, escape, issue, ooze, outflow, outlet), еманація (effluence), породження (daughter, getting, origination, procreation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự phát ra (effluence, issue). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | emanare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "emanation": emanations. (additional references) | |
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"Emanation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amination, emanaton, emenation, ementation, emination, emmination, meantion, menadione, mination. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "emanation" (pronounced e'munā"shun) |
| 8 | e' m u n ā" sh u n | dissemination, insemination. |
| 7 | -m u n ā" sh u n | abomination, antidiscrimination, contamination, culmination, decontamination, denomination, determination, discrimination, domination, elimination, examination, extermination, germination, illumination, incrimination, nomination, nondiscrimination, recrimination, reexamination, renomination, rumination, termination, transillumination. |
| 6 | -u n ā" sh u n | fascination, alienation, assassination, combination, concatenation, coordination, coronation, decaffeination, desalination, destination, detonation, disinclination, divination, explanation, hallucination, hydrogenation, imagination, impersonation, inclination, incoordination, indoctrination, insubordination, intonation, machination, ordination, origination, pagination, pollination, predestination, procrastination, profanation, rejuvenation, subordination, vaccination. |
| 5 | -n ā" sh u n | carnation, condemnation, consternation, damnation, designation, donation, hibernation, impregnation, incarnation, indignation, nation, reincarnation, resignation, stagnation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concentration, conciliation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, cultivation, dalmatian, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, disembarkation, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, documentation, domestication, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elongation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, harmonization, hesitation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hyperinflation, identification, illustration, imitation, immigration, immunization, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incorporation, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, organisation, organization, orientation, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procreation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, titillation, toleration, transformation, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-m-n-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: nominate. | |
-2 letters: aeonian, amentia, amniote, animate, animato, antiman, enation, mannite, mention, montane, nonmeat. | |
-3 letters: amnion, anemia, anoint, anomie, eonian, etamin, inmate, innate, intone, manito, nation, nomina, omenta, taenia, tamein, tinman, tinmen. | |
-4 letters: amain, ament, amine, amino, amnia, amnio, anent, anima, anime, anion, antae, atman, atone, entia, inane, manat, mania, manna, manta, matin, meant, menta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-m-n-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: emanations. | |
+2 letters: contaminate, deamination, enamoration, examination, lamentation, methanation, nonmaterial, reanimation. | |
+3 letters: alimentation, augmentation, companionate, contaminated, contaminates, deaminations, delamination, emancipation, emargination, enamorations, ethanolamine, examinations, lamentations, melanization, meningiomata, methanations, reanimations. | |
+4 letters: accompaniment, acetaminophen, aggiornamento, alimentations, argumentation, augmentations, contaminative, decontaminate, delaminations, documentarian, emancipations, emarginations, ethanolamines, examinational, fragmentation, germanization, magnetization, manifestation, mechanization, melanizations, neuroanatomic, nonmainstream, nonparametric, ornamentation, recontaminate, reexamination, terminational. | |
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