emanation

noun

em·a·na·tion ˌe-mə-ˈnā-shən

: the action of emanating

: the origination of the world by a series of hierarchically descending radiations from the Godhead through intermediate stages to matter

: something that emanates or is produced by emanation : effluence

: an isotope of radon produced by radioactive disintegration

radium emanation

emanative

ˈe-mə-ˌnā-tiv

adjective

Examples of emanation in a Sentence

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Sixteen Ramos, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023 Titian was, however, uncommonly alive to the softly pulsing, mortal emanations of other people. —

Washington Post, 20 July 2023 Drummer Tim Wyskida bashed those riffs down from the sky while bassist James Plotkin accented with more subterranean emanations. —

Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 25 May 2023 Two emanations of the holy city of Los Angeles; two distinct transits across the firmament. —

James Parker, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2023 Could there be some ground source emanation? —

Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Sep. 2021 More than four decades later, the record still feels like an emanation from another plane. —

Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023 Their belief in Tawûsê Melek (Peacock Angel) as an emanation of God entrusted to take care of the world, considers the Peacock Angel not a source of evil (as ISIS implies) but a leader of the archangels–not fallen or disgraced. —

Jackie Abramian, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021 For example, a particular strain of moderate to liberal Christianity attempts to reach a common ground with Islam predicated on the mutual understanding that both traditions understand the other to be an emanation from a common divine source. —

Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2012 See More

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