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# emission

«emission» in Mova's school dictionary: **Gas, heat, light or another substance sent out into the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an emission, emissions; emission — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Gas, heat, light or another substance sent out into the air: car emissions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emission/#m1)

2) The act of sending something out: the emission of light from a star. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emission/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and environment lessons «emissions» usually means harmful gases such as carbon dioxide from cars, factories and power stations; reducing emissions helps slow climate change. Phrases: «carbon emissions», «cut emissions», «exhaust emissions», «zero emissions».

### examples

- Cars produce emissions that pollute the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emission/#x1)
- Electric buses have zero emissions from the exhaust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emission/#x2)
- Countries agreed to cut carbon emissions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emission/#x3)
- The emission of light from the bulb makes the room bright. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emission/#x4)
- Trees take in some of the carbon dioxide from emissions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emission/#x5)
- If a car gives off 2 kg of gas a day, its emission in a week is 14 kg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emission/#x6)

### note

Countable plural «emissions» is most common. Verb: emit (emits, emitted, emitting). Do not confuse with «omission» (something left out) or «mission» (a task).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «emission» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emission/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.