Positron Emission Tomography uses a radioactive tracer to visualize metabolic activity within the human body.
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Emission
//ˈɛmɪʃən//
Synonyms for "emission" (41 found)
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11 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 27 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- еми́сия noun (something that is emitted)
- излъ́чване noun (act of sending or throwing out)
- изпу́скане noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Catalan
2 entries- emissió noun (something that is emitted)
- emissió noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 排放 noun (something that is emitted)
- 放射 noun (act of sending or throwing out)
- 發射 /发射 noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Czech
1 entries- emise noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Danish
1 entries- emission noun (something that is emitted)
Dutch
2 entries- emissie noun (something that is emitted)
- uitstoot noun (something that is emitted)
Finnish
4 entries- emissio noun (something that is emitted)
- emissio noun (act of sending or throwing out)
- liikkeeseenlasku noun (act of sending or throwing out)
- osakeanti noun (act of sending or throwing out)
French
2 entries- émission noun (something that is emitted)
- émission noun (act of sending or throwing out)
German
2 entries- Ausstoß noun (something that is emitted)
- Emission noun (something that is emitted)
Greek
1 entries- εκπομπή noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Greenlandic
1 entries- aniatitsineq noun (something that is emitted)
Hindi
2 entries- उत्सर्जन noun (something that is emitted)
- फटना noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Hungarian
2 entries- kibocsátás noun (act of sending or throwing out)
- váladék noun (something that is emitted)
Indonesian
2 entries- emisi noun (something that is emitted)
- emisi noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Interlingua
2 entries- emission noun (something that is emitted)
- emission noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Irish
3 entries- astaíocht noun (act of sending or throwing out)
- astú noun (act of sending or throwing out)
- cur amach noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Latin
1 entries- ēmissiō noun (something that is emitted)
Occitan
1 entries- emission noun (something that is emitted)
Persian
2 entries- گسیل noun (act of sending or throwing out)
- گسیلش noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Polish
1 entries- emisja noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Portuguese
2 entries- emissão noun (something that is emitted)
- emissão noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Romanian
2 entries- emisie noun (something that is emitted)
- emisiune noun (something that is emitted)
Russian
4 entries- вы́брос noun (something that is emitted)
- вы́пуск noun (something that is emitted)
- излуче́ние noun (act of sending or throwing out)
- эми́ссия noun (something that is emitted)
Spanish
1 entries- emisión noun (something that is emitted)
Swedish
2 entries- strålning noun (act of sending or throwing out)
- utsläpp noun (something that is emitted)
Turkish
1 entries- emisyon noun (something that is emitted)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ви́ділення noun (something that is emitted)
- ви́кид noun (something that is emitted)
- ви́кид noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Sample sentences
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Filters stop emission of gas into the atmosphere.
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Because their rapid pulse of radio emission is so predictable, a large array of well-understood pulsars can be used to measure extremely subtle abnormalities, such as gravitational waves.
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By determining the time between the emission of the sound pulse and its reception, the sonar transducer can determine the range and orientation of the object.
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