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emission

e·mis·sion

emission

 
 
pronunciation:
ih mI shn
features:
Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
part of speech: noun
definition 1: the act of emitting.
similar words:
discharge, exhaust, issue
definition 2: that which is emitted; discharge.
similar words:
discharge, fume, waste
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)emission allowable, annual, anthropogenic, carbon-dioxide, equivalent, future, global, harmful, increased, industrial, infrared, low, mandatory, net, overall, reduced, spontaneous, stimulated, strict, stringent, thermal, total, toxic, x-ray  [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)emission achieve, adopt, cap, control, curb, cut, detect, eliminate, estimate, implement, limit, lower, measure, monitor, offset, produce, reduce, regulate, require, restrict, stabilize  [See all][See only the most frequent]
(n.)emission + verb associate, contribute, credit, decrease, exceed, generate, increase, permit, result, test, trade
noun + (n.)emission Help absorption, air, auto, automobile, baseline, cap, carbon, combustion, compliance, consumption, cost, cut, dioxide, dioxin, dust, efficiency, energy, engine, estimate, exhaust, fossil, fuel, gas, greenhouse, hydrocarbon, hydrogen, incentive, incinerator, increase, limit, mercury, methane, monoxide, motor, nitrogen, odor, oxide, particulate, photon, pollution, positron, protocol, radio, restriction, source, stack, sulfur, tailpipe, vehicle, warming, waste, x-ray, zero [See all][See only the most frequent]