Used in a Sentence

emitted

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for emitted.

Editorial note

What processes take part in the soil and how much of what is emitted over the whole globe?

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To send out or give off.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of emitted gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To send out or give off.

verb

(intransitive) To come out, to be sent out or given off.

verb

(transitive, programming) To result in specific machine instructions or bytecode when compiled.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for emitted.

verb

(transitive) To send out or give off.

verb

(intransitive) To come out, to be sent out or given off.

verb

(transitive, programming) To result in specific machine instructions or bytecode when compiled.

verb

(transitive, programming, by extension) To produce specific computer code when processed or executed.

Example sentences

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What processes take part in the soil and how much of what is emitted over the whole globe?

2

The energy absorbed by interstellar gas and dust doesn't just disappear, it's re-emitted at (mostly) infrared wavelengths.

3

This technique is equivalent, or arguably superior to controlling the direction of emitted light as in a light field display.

4

They tend to produce some of their own problems (emitted code size and source mapping).

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If, however, blue LEDs and red LED emitted at similar efficiencies our technology wouldn't work.

6

Those are short lived pollutants that do harm only if emitted in populated areas.

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So with respect to photons emitted per watt, I'm not sure which LED chemistry takes the prize.

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There'd be no need to rewrite anything to work with Rust; the binaries emitted by the compiler should be just fine, assuming ABI compatibility.

9

Sounds like that light existed and generated and responded to a gravitational field after it was emitted and before it was detected or measured.

10

All with zero engine noise emitted to the world around you.

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Scientists are still trying to figure out just how much damage the electromagnetic signals emitted from WiFi equipment can actually do to the human brain.

12

The photons that are emitted are identical--it's notionally a carrier wave.

Quote examples

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Reason for that is that as universe expanded, that light emitted from the early stages got "stretched out" and shifted from visible light to microwave length.

2

"Every few minutes, a line with the current value for S(h, t) is emitted." Hard to believe the author didn't notice this...

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In the reactor normally there's two classes of neutrons present - "prompt", which are emitted directly from fission, and "delayed", which are secondary neutron emissions from decay of fission byproducts.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use emitted in a sentence?

What processes take part in the soil and how much of what is emitted over the whole globe?

What does emitted mean?

(transitive) To send out or give off.

What part of speech is emitted?

emitted is commonly used as verb.