What does "emissive" mean?

Of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation, matter, or sound; emitting.

Emissive

Common synonyms include: electromagnetic radiation sources, emitting, energy-releasing, fossil fuel heater, glowing, irradiating.

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Adjective

1
Of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation, matter, or sound; emitting.
"’Tis dumb Amaze, and liſtening Terror all; / When, to the quicker Eye, the livid Glance / Appears, far South, emiſſive thro’ the Cloud; […]"

"’Tis dumb Amaze, and liſtening Terror all; / When, to the quicker Eye, the livid Glance / Appears, far South, emiſſive thro’ the Cloud; […]"

Borrowed from Latin ēmissīvus, from ēmittō (“to emit”).