noun · countable / uncountable · rare

emanation

e·ma·na·tion

emanation · emanations

Emanation, Ausströmen, Ausströmung, Ausstrahlung

The act of flowing or proceeding from a source or originThe act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin.

/ˌɛməˈneɪʃən/

» The soft emanation of lamp light calmed the scared child, who was afraid of the dark.

Meaning

4 senses

(countable, uncountable)The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin.
Ausströmen, Emanation
(countable, uncountable)That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.
Perfume is an emanation from a flower.
Emanation, Ausströmung, Ausstrahlung
(countable, uncountable)The generation of the Son and the procession of the Holy Spirit, as distinct from the origination of created beings.
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
(obsolete, uncountable)(physics, chemistry) The element radon (Rn)

2 sentences

The soft emanation of lamp light calmed the scared child, who was afraid of the dark.
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If we're all made in God's image, we must all have emanations, right?
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