emanation

From emanate.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛməˈneɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

emanation (countable and uncountable, plural emanations)

1. The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin.
2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.

   Perfume is an emanation from a flower.

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 90:

     Her love for Francis Evelyn was an emanation of that romance which is in the heart of every girl; her preference was as much circumstance as choice, and strengthened by no comparison.

3. (uncountable, obsolete, physics, chemistry) The element radon (Rn)

   Hyponyms: radium emanation, thorium emanation, actinium emanation

4. (theology) The generation of the Son and the procession of the Holy Spirit, as distinct from the origination of created beings.

• evolution

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