emittent

English

Etymology

From Latin emittens, present participle of emittere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈmɪtənt/

Adjective

emittent (comparative more emittent, superlative most emittent)

  1. Sending forth; emissive.
    • 1673, Robert Boyle, “Of the Determinate Nature of Effluviums. Chapter IV.”, in Essays of the Strange Subtilty, Great Efficacy, Determinate Nature of Effluviums. […], London: […] W[illiam] G[odbid] for M[oses] Pitt, […], →OCLC, pages 31–32:
      For, not to repeat, that the emittent Body was firm and cold, the Effect produced by the Effluvium that guided the Setting-dog, vvas vvrought upon the Senſory of a living and vvarm Animal; […]
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “emittent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin ēmittēns, present participle of ēmittō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eː.mɪˈtɛnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: e‧mit‧tent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

emittent n (plural emittenten, diminutive emittentje n)

  1. issuer of shares or securities

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: emiten

Latin

Verb

ēmittent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of ēmittō
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