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emissive, a.|ɪˈmɪsɪv|
[f. L. ēmiss- ppl. stem of ēmittĕ-re to send forth, emit + -ive.]
1. Having power to emit; radiating.
1870T. L. Phipson tr. Guillemin's Sun 236 A homogeneous gaseous mass..having a radiating or emissive power. 1881Prof. Stokes in Nature No. 625. 596 The..body of the sun.. is comparatively feebly emissive of light.
b. emissive theory: = emission theory.
1837Whewell Hist. Indust. Sc. (1857) I. 63 The emissive, and the undulatory theory of light. 1842W. Grove Corr. Phys. Forces 64 The emissive or corpuscular theory.
†2. That is emitted; that is sent or flows forth. Obs. rare.
16..R. Loveday Letters (1663) 201 Thus their emissive venome..will fatally recoyl upon themselves. 1746–7Hervey Medit. (1818) 126 Freely..she distributes the bounty of her emissive sweets. 1737H. Brooke Tasso i. (R.), Soon a beam, emissive from above, Shed mental day. |