emissive adjective.
[ɪ'mɪsɪv] M17.[from Latin
emiss-: see
EMISSARY noun1 & adjective,
-IVE.]
1. That is emitted.
M17-M18.2. Of or pertaining to emission;
spec. (
History of Science) designating the emission theory of light.
M19.■ R. Jakobson The classical distinction between..emissive (or expressive) aphasia..and receptive (or sensory) aphasia.3. That emits or is capable of emitting.
L19. ■ emissivity
[ɪmɪ'sɪvɪti-, i:m-] noun (
Physics) the relative ability of a surface to radiate heat;
spec. the ratio of the rate at which it radiates heat to the rate at which a black body at the same temperature would radiate heat:
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