emitting

transitive verb emitted, emitting

1. to send out; give forth; discharge: geysers emit water
2. to utter (words or sounds)
3. to transmit (a signal) as by radio waves
4. to give off (electrons) under the influence of heat, radiation, etc.
5. to issue (paper money or the like); put into circulation

Origin: L emittere < e-, out (see ex-) + mittere, to send: see mission