Definition of "emanation" in Englisch

noun

1. The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin.

2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.

   • Perfume is an emanation from a flower.

3. (uncountable, obsolete) (physics, chemistry) The element radon (Rn)

4. (theology) The generation of the Son and the procession of the Holy Spirit, as distinct from the origination of created beings.