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emittance

[ ih-mit-ns ]

noun

Optics.
  1. the total flux emitted per unit area.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of emittance1

First recorded in 1935–40; emit + -ance
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Two teams will test these hypotheses: one led by research scientist Renyu Hu of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will examine the planet’s thermal emission for signs of an atmosphere, while a second team led by Alexis Brandeker, an associate professor from Stockholm University, will measure heat emittance from the lit side of 55 Cancri e.

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If the noise was indeed played in by the speaker system, however, Dortmund might well have grounds to challenge the result: Bundesliga regulations prohibit the emittance of any sound in open play.

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