emanation
noun/ˌɛməˈneɪʃən/
Etymology From emanate + -ion.
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.
- 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.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 90:
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- Hence, not only men, but all animals, and even vegetables, were supposed to be impregnated with some particle of the divine nature which was infused into them, and from which their various qualities and dispositions, as well as their powers of propagation, were thought to be derived. These appeared to be so many emanations of the divine attributes, operating in different modes and degrees, according to the nature of the beings to which they belonged.1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 25:
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Obsolete (physics, chemistry) The element radon (Rn)
- Derived terms
- actinium emanation, emanational, emanationism, emanationist, radium emanation, thorium emanation
- Related terms
- evolution