emission+(noun)

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• emission — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ harmful, noxious, toxic ▪ gaseous ▪ automobile (esp. AmE), exhaust, tailpipe (AmE), vehicle …   Collocations dictionary

• emission — ► NOUN 1) the action of emitting something, especially heat, light, gas, or radiation. 2) a substance which is emitted …   English terms dictionary

• emission credit — ➔ credit1 * * * emission credit UK US (also emissions credit) noun [C, usually plural] (also pollution credit, also US emission reduction credit) ENVIRONMENT ► a reduction in pollution that is equal to one …   Financial and business terms

• emission — UK US /ɪˈmɪʃən/ noun ENVIRONMENT ► [C, usually plural] an amount of something, especially a gas that harms the environment, that is sent out into the air: emissions of sth »The bill is intended to lower emissions of greenhouse gases.… …   Financial and business terms

• emission reduction credit — UK US noun [C] (US ENVIRONMENT ► EMISSION CREDIT(Cf. ↑emission credit) …   Financial and business terms

• emission — noun a) Something that is emitted, especially the exhaust from a car. b) The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire;… …   Wiktionary

• emission unit — UK US noun [C, usually plural] (also emissions unit) ENVIRONMENT ► a right of a company to put an amount of harmful gases into the air equal to 1000 kilograms of carbon dioxide (= a gas formed when carbon is burned): »In Europe nearly all of the… …   Financial and business terms

• emission line — noun : a bright line in the emission spectrum of a gas or vapor compare absorption line in the Dict * * * emission line, a line of radiation in spectrum analysis of stellar objects indicating the presence of a specific chemical element …   Useful english dictionary

• emission line — noun A spectral line resulting from the emission of electromagnetic radiation from an atom or other species as it decays from an excited state to one of lower energy …   Wiktionary

• emission — noun controlling the emission of carbon dioxide Syn: discharge, release, outpouring, outflow, leak, excretion, secretion, ejection; emanation, radiation, effusion, ejaculation, disgorgement, issuance …   Thesaurus of popular words

• emission current — noun (electronics) The total electron flow from an emitting source • • • Main Entry: ↑emit …   Useful english dictionary