2. Verb. To emit something (especially radiation) that has previously been absorbed ¹
3. Verb. (alternative form of reemit) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reemit
1. emit [v -EMITTED, -EMITTING, -EMITS] - See also: emit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reemit
Literary usage of Reemit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"... that a vapor when illuminated by monochromatic light which cornea from a single
direction will become self- luminous and will reemit light of the same ..."
2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1915)
"... helium must be ionized by ti« passage of a weak electric current before it
will reemit (resonate) tlx ..."
3. Chronicles of Pennsylvania from the English Revolution to the Peace of Aix by Charles Penrose Keith (1917)
"11,1729-30, the House considering a proposition to reemit for sixteen years the
bills of credit paid ..."
4. Historical Sketches of the Paper Currency of the American Colonies: Prior to by Henry Phillips, Elisha Reynolds Potter (1865)
"Is. To be signed by any three of Thomas Tresse, Edward Horner, John Parry, and
Abraham Chapman. 1731. February 6, to reemit and continue the original £45000 ..."
5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1860)
"... or their reka to the colors in the rays they receive, thej» not thus reciprocate
and reemit the incite light, this is extinguished as light, ..."
6. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical by Benjamin Franklin (1882)
"... the trustees of the loan-office might reemit the same sums during the said
term of sixteen years, on the same conditions, either to them or others, ..."
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