emittent

English

Etymology

From Latin emittens, present participle emittere.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪˈmɪtənt/

Adjective

emittent (comparative more emittent, superlative most emittent)

  1. Sending forth; emissive.
    • 1673, Robert Boyle, Essays of the Strange Subtilty, Great Efficacy, Determinate Nature of Effluviums
      the emittent Body was firm and cold

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for emittent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Latin

Verb

ēmittent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of ēmittō
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