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   emanation

   /ˌɛməˈneɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. something which originates or issues from a source: "she saw the insults as emanations of his own tortured personality" Similar productconsequenceresultfruitcorollaryconcomitantby-productside effect
   • ▪ the action or process of issuing from a source: "the risk of radon gas emanation"
   • ▪ a substance or form of radiation given off by something: "vaporous emanations wreathe the mill's foundations" Similar dischargeemissionradiationdiffusioneffusionexhalationexudationoutflowoutpouringflowsecretionleakeffluenteffluviumtechnical:efflux
   • ▪ a radioactive gas formed by radioactive decay of a solid. archaic
   • 2. (in various mystical traditions) a being or force which is a manifestation of God: "they believe that each human soul is an emanation of Godhood"

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