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Definition of Emissive

1. a. Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.

Definition of Emissive

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation or matter; emitting ¹

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Definition of Emissive

1. emission [adj] - See also: emission

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emissive

Literary usage of Emissive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Physics by William Watson (1903)
"unity, so that its emissive power is also unity, enclosed in an enclosure, and that the absorptive power of the walls of this enclosure is a, the emissive ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"There is therefore obviously no reason to expect that any simple relation would be apparent between the emissive power of a given body, as measured by the ..."

3. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1904)
"emissive and Absorptive ... when d\ is made infinitely small, the quantity CA is called the emissive power3 of the body for the wave-length A. The emissive ..."

4. Elementary Lessons in Heat by Samuel Escue Tillman (1907)
"emissive Power.—It is a familiar fact that the hotter a body is the more heat it emits, but temperature is not the only condition which affects the quantity ..."

5. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1871)
"Causes which modify the emissive, absorbent, and reflective powers of bodies. ... The absorbent and emissive powers of metallic plates are diminished if ..."

6. The Measurement of High Temperatures by George Kimball Burgess, Henri Le Chatelier (1912)
"94 16 i 31.5 *, - 10 5 *» - 7 3 *6- 0 5 emissive Power. ... The emissive power is thus, at the temperature considered, equal to the ratio of the luminous ..."

7. High-temperature Measurements by Henri Le Chatelier, Octave Boudouard (1912)
"emissive Power. — Before being able to establish the relation which exists between the intensity of radiation of incandescent bodies and their temperature, ..."

8. A Text-book of Physics by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1904)
"... Light—Radiometers only measure Energy Streams and do not indicate Quality—Comparison of emissive Powers— Radiation of different Wave Lengths—Comparison ..."

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