Emission

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Emission may refer to:

• Flue gas, also:
  • Exhaust gas, flue gas occurring as a result of the combustion of a fuel
• Emission of air pollutants
• Emission (electromagnetic radiation), the process by which the energy of a photon is released by another entity
• Emission (radiocommunications), the radio signal (usually modulated) emitted from a radio transmitter
• Emission coefficient, a coefficient in the power output per unit time of an electromagnetic source
• Emission factor
• Emission line, or "spectral line", a dark or bright line in an otherwise uniform and continuous spectrum
• Emission nebula, a cloud of ionized gas emitting light of various colors
• Emission spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, photoemission spectroscopy, flame emission spectroscopy and other types of spectroscopy
• Emission standard
• Emission theory, a competing theory for the special theory of relativity, explaining the results of the Michelson-Morley experiment
• Emission theory (vision), the proposal that visual perception is accomplished by rays of light emitted by the eyes
• Emissions trading
• Ejaculation, the ejecting of semen from the penis; also, specifically:
  • Nocturnal emission, ejaculation experienced during sleep
• Light emission
• Thermionic emission, the flow of charged particles called thermions from a charged metal or a charged metal oxide surface, archaically known as the Edison effect
• Noise emission; see Noise

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