Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for emittance. Search instead for Omittance.

emittance

American  
[ih-mit-ns] / ɪˈmɪt ns /

noun

Optics.

  1. the total flux emitted per unit area.

Etymology

Origin of emittance

First recorded in 1935–40; emit + -ance

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

If the noise was indeed played in by the speaker system, however, Dortmund might well have grounds to challenge the result: Bundesliga regulations prohibit the emittance of any sound in open play.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2011

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.