emissive

See also: émissive

English

Etymology

From Latin ēmissus, past participle of ēmittō, +‎ -ive.

Adjective

emissive (comparative more emissive, superlative most emissive)

1. Of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation or matter; emitting
   • 1727, James Thomson, Summer. A Poem, […] J[ohn] Millan, […], →OCLC, page 62:

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

Derived terms

• emissivity
• isoemissive
• nonemissive
• photoemissive

 

Translations

of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation or matter; emitting

• Bulgarian: излъчващ (bg) (izlǎčvašt)
• Italian: emesso (it)
• Polish: emisyjny m

Italian

Adjective

emissive

1. feminine plural of emissivo