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emissive

Syllables: emiss·iveUK/ɪˈmɪsɪv/US/əˈmɪsɪv/

emissive adjective: of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation, matter, or sound; emitting.

Adjective

emissive (comparative more emissive, superlative most emissive)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation, matter, or sound; emitting.
    • ’Tis dumb Amaze, and liſtening Terror all; / When, to the quicker Eye, the livid Glance / Appears, far South, emiſſive thro’ the Cloud; […]1727, James Thomson, Summer. A Poem, […] J[ohn] Millan, […], →OCLC, page 62

Forms of emissive

comparativemore emissive
superlativemost emissive

Origin of emissive

Borrowed from Latin ēmissīvus, from ēmittō (“to emit”).

Words formed from emissive

Words that rhyme with emissive

Questions about emissive

What does emissive mean?
Emissive means of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation, matter, or sound; emitting.
What part of speech is emissive?
Emissive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce emissive?
Emissive is pronounced /ɪˈmɪsɪv/ (UK).

Words near emissive in the dictionary

  1. emissions test
  2. emissions tests
  3. emissions trading
  4. Emissionsgate
  5. emissitious
  6. emissive
  7. emissivities
  8. emissivity
  9. emissory
  10. emit
  11. Emita

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