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EMANATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of emitting; causing to flow forth
Synonyms:
emanation; emission
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("emanation" is a kind of...):
egress; egression; emergence (the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emanation"):
radiation (the act of spreading outward from a central source)
discharge; venting (the act of venting)
Derivation:
emanate (give out (breath or an odor))
emanate (proceed or issue forth, as from a source)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
Example:
the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son
Synonyms:
emanation; procession; rise
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("emanation" is a kind of...):
inception; origin; origination (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)
Domain category:
theological system; theology (a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("emanation" is a kind of...):
matter (that which has mass and occupies space)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emanation"):
ectoplasm ((spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance)
Derivation:
emanate (give out (breath or an odor))
emanate (proceed or issue forth, as from a source)
