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emit

[ih-mit] / ɪˈmɪt /


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Galaxies continue to emit light, but that light may spend billions of years crossing the cosmos before reaching us.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

It also includes a cap on how much those that pay into the ETS are allowed to emit, which is gradually lowered.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Under the ETS, Europe's industries and power plants are required to buy a permit, or allowance, for every tonne of carbon dioxide they emit, creating a financial incentive to invest in cleaner technologies.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

The ETS forces heavy polluters to pay for the greenhouse gases they emit, obliging them to buy allowances that are capped in number, sold in auctions and tradable.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

“That’s not a challenge. Those old video systems emit faint ion beams. Invisible to the naked eye, of course, but not with your iris-cam...”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

A single advanced chip fab can draw enormous amounts of water and electricity, and chip production as a whole emits well over 100 million tons of carbon equivalent a year.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

Caputo said that phenomenon was expected and normal, because when the Sun is in its more active cyclical stages, it emits more particles and causes an expansion of Earth's atmosphere.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

The carbon footprint of a single LP was estimated to be roughly equal to the pollution a gas-powered vehicle emits over a three-mile trip.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

As the white dwarf pulls gas from its companion, the material heats up and emits X-rays.

From Science Daily Jun. 2, 2026

When the source emits the next wave crest it will be nearer to us, so the distance between wave crests will be smaller than when the star was stationary.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

A June study by Allianz Trade estimated the centers emitted 286 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Bioluminescence is light emitted by living things as a result of chemical reactions within their bodies.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Because these methods rely on detecting photons emitted by the sample, they require large numbers of photons to produce useful measurements.

From Science Daily Jun. 24, 2026

Moore suggested Sunday that the steel has protected most of the foam from burning, but the fire has emitted gases despite ongoing efforts to fight the flames from the ground and with helicopters.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2026

The whole world stood by breathlessly, wondering if he would be incinerated when he reentered Earth’s atmosphere and the capsule emitted flames.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Every summer, female glow worms put on a remarkable display, emitting a bright green light to attract males.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Consumption by data centres is projected to exceed 945 TWh by 2030, ranking sixth among countries and emitting 399 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

And more than 70 had faced formal enforcement action in the past five years by the EPA for violations such as emitting contaminants above regulatory limits and failing to properly track facilities’ pollution.

From Salon May 10, 2026

But many LED bulbs are installed with a much higher color temperature, near 4,000 Kelvins, which our brains interpret as harsh and bright, regardless of how many lumens they’re actually emitting.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

Matter falling into such a supermassive black hole would provide the only source of power great enough to explain the enormous amounts of energy that these objects are emitting.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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