Positron Emission Tomography uses a radioactive tracer to visualize metabolic activity within the human body.
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Emission
/ˈɛmɪʃən/
Synonyms for "emission" (94 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (47)
Noun(28 words)
gas emissiongas releasegassingissuingjettinglasingoutflowoutputtingoutward flowplumingpollutantpollutantsproduce liquidradiationradiationsreleasereleasementreleasingscintillationshedding
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Adjective(1 words)
hot exhaust
Related word relations
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
9 entriesCollocations
6 entriescarbon dioxide emissionemission rateemission standardexhaust emissiongreenhouse gas emissionpollutant emission
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
8 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- излъ́чване noun (act of sending or throwing out)
- изпу́скане noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Catalan
1 entries- emissió noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 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)
Finnish
4 entries- emissio noun (act of sending or throwing out)
- liikkeeseenlasku noun (act of sending or throwing out)
- osakeanti noun (act of sending or throwing out)
- säteily noun (act of sending or throwing out)
French
1 entries- émission noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Greek
1 entries- εκπομπή noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Hindi
1 entries- फटना noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Hungarian
1 entries- kibocsátás noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Indonesian
1 entries- emisi noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Interlingua
1 entries- 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)
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
1 entries- emissão noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Russian
1 entries- излуче́ние noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Swedish
1 entries- strålning noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ви́кид noun (act of sending or throwing out)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
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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