🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Emanación

Pronunciation / Transliteration: emanación

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Emanation/ˌɛm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La emanación de gases tóxicos es un problema ambiental."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of emanating; the process of coming forth or being emitted.

    "The emanation of light from the sun is essential for life on Earth."
  2. 2

    Something that is emitted or radiated, especially in a spiritual or abstract sense.

    "The artist's work is considered an emanation of his inner thoughts and feelings."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'emanation' originates from the Latin 'emanatio', which means 'a flowing out'. It is derived from the verb 'emanare', meaning 'to flow out', composed of 'e-' (out of) and 'manare' (to flow). The term has evolved through usage in philosophical and theological contexts to denote the process of something being emitted or derived from a source.

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