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What is the verb for emission?

What's the verb for emission? Here's the word you're looking for.

emit
  1. (transitive) To send out or give off.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The two new atoms then emit gamma radiation as they settle into their new states.”
      “Some models can emit a beep in the event of battery discharge or malfunction.”
      “When excited, the binturongs emit a variety of grunts and hisses, say researchers.”
emits
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emit
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The radioactive glucose emits gamma rays which are then detected by the scanner.”
      “The sun emits visible light, heat, ultraviolet rays, radio waves, and X-rays.”
      “Can you feel the frolicsomeness and the untamed energy that this group emits?”
emitted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of emit
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  3. Examples:
    1. “By the third day the acetous fermentation had begun in all of them, and in a few more days each emitted an offensive odor.”
      “She wrinkled her nose at the acrid, vinegary fumes emitted from the bottle.”
      “In this model the gamma rays are emitted as synchrotron radiation by electrons that are accelerated to much lower energies.”
emitting
  1. present participle of emit
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  3. Examples:
    1. “They are also exceptionally quiet, emitting just 2.1 bels of noise at idle.”
      “Electrons move from one orbital into another by absorbing or emitting a quantum of energy, just as Bohr explained.”
      “Even a seemingly tiny piece of radioisotope like plutonium can be emitting many millions of alpha, beta or gamma particles per week.”
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