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countable and uncountable, plural emanations
The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin. examples
That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence. quotations examples
Her love for Francis Evelyn was an emanation of that romance which is in the heart of every girl; her preference was as much circumstance as choice, and strengthened by no comparison.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), page 90
(uncountable, obsolete, physics, chemistry) The element radon (Rn)
(theology) The generation of the Son and the procession of the Holy Spirit, as distinct from the origination of created beings.