Definitions

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  • adjective giving off light or heat or radiation.

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  • verb Present participle of emit.

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Examples

  • In the distance he spots a yellow flame emitting from a forested area.

    DC’s Next, Green Lantern: A GKS Script « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2008

  • Nagi notices a huge bubble emitting from the lake.

    Hayate no Gotoku! ep 22 « Undercover 2007

  • At that moment when your metaphorical pen is poised, and the world is about to come into focus for you and begin emitting stories, there will be one author who shows up, smiles at you, and opens the gates.

    SeeLight: 2006

  • At that moment when your metaphorical pen is poised, and the world is about to come into focus for you and begin emitting stories, there will be one author who shows up, smiles at you, and opens the gates.

    Octavia Butler 2006

  • In addition, U.S. forces detected a PRC-112 survival radio beacon emitting from the vicinity of the helicopter, the military source said.

    KIA KIA/BNR 2006

  • While pulling away, a train is often described as emitting a lonely, forlorn sound.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2009

  • While pulling away, a train is often described as emitting a lonely, forlorn sound.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2009

  • So all that you’ve been emitting is just so much projection. abb1 says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Revenge of the Public Option 2010

  • In economics, greenhouse gases are a free good, there’s no cost involved in emitting them, so no one has any profit incentive to reduce the emissions.

    As the World Warms 2007

  • In economics, greenhouse gases are a free good, there’s no cost involved in emitting them, so no one has any profit incentive to reduce the emissions.

    As the World Warms 2007

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