different between emission vs seepage

English

Etymology

First attested in 1607. From Middle French émission, from Latin ?missi? (“sending forth”), from ?mitt? (“send out”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mitt? (“send”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??m???n/, /??m??n?/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

emission (countable and uncountable, plural emissions)

1. Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.

2. The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.

Synonyms

• (act of sending out): issuance

Hyponyms

• nocturnal emission

Derived terms

• zero-emission

Related terms

• emission line
• emission nebula
• emissions test
• emit

Translations

References

• emission in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Misiones, simonies, simonise

Finnish

Noun

emission

1. Genitive singular form of emissio.

Friulian

Noun

emission f (plural emissions)

1. emission

Interlingua

Noun

emission (plural emissiones)

1. emission

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ?missi?.

Noun

emission f (plural emissions)

1. emission

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emi?sju?/

Noun

emission f

1. emission

English

Etymology

seep +? -age

Noun

seepage (countable and uncountable, plural seepages)

1. The process by which a liquid leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping.
2. Water that has seeped or oozed through a porous soil.

Derived terms

• antiseepage
• microseepage
• seepage bed

Translations