emissive
See also: émissive
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēmissīvus, from ēmittō (“to emit”).[1]
Adjective
emissive (comparative more emissive, superlative most emissive)
- Of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation, matter, or sound; 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
Translations
of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation or matter; emitting
References
- ^ “emissive, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Italian
Adjective
emissive
- feminine plural of emissivo