emanation
What comes forth
Emanation is something that flows out from a source—a emission or outflow.
The word often describes intangible things: an emanation of light, of energy, of divine grace.
Strange emanations might come from a haunted house; toxic emanations from a chemical plant.
The term carries a slightly formal or literary quality, suggesting something issuing forth continuously rather than in discrete bursts.
Noxious airborne exhalation
- aromaPleasant distinctive smell
- fragrancePleasing olfactory quality
- odorPerceived atmospheric emission
- waftDrift on air
perfume · bouquet · reek · stench · musk · whiff · redolence · incense
Copious, spontaneous release
- exudationFluid seeping out
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- secretionSubstance released by glands
- seepageSlow fluid escape
ooze · flow · leakage · release · expulsion · outflow · emission · excretion
Glowing luminous quality
- glowSteady, soft light
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
- nimbusLuminous disk or raincloud
- haloLuminous ring overhead
aureole · corona · ethereal · presence · energy · vibe · mystique · ambience
Discharged substance or act
- raysLines from a source
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
- radioactiveEmitting nuclear decay particles
nuclear · alpha · beta · gamma · ionizing · electromagnetic · photons · thermal
Point of origin
- genesisPoint of creation
- fountainheadOriginal source of something
- wellspringPrimary source of something
- progenitorAncestor or originator
proceeding · issuing · derivation · outgrowth · offshoot · offspring · product · emergence
effluvium
Noxious airborne exhalation
- aromaPleasant distinctive smell
- fragrancePleasing olfactory quality
- odorPerceived atmospheric emission
waft · perfume · bouquet · reek · stench · musk · whiff · redolence · incense · vapor
outpouring
Copious, spontaneous release
- exudationFluid seeping out
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- secretionSubstance released by glands
seepage · ooze · flow · leakage · release · expulsion · outflow · emission · excretion · perspiration
radiance
Glowing luminous quality
- glowSteady, soft light
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
- nimbusLuminous disk or raincloud
halo · aureole · corona · ethereal · presence · energy · vibe · mystique · ambience · atmosphere
emission
Discharged substance or act
radioactive · nuclear · alpha · beta · gamma · ionizing · electromagnetic · photons · thermal · infrared
source
Point of origin
- genesisPoint of creation
- fountainheadOriginal source of something
- wellspringPrimary source of something
progenitor · proceeding · issuing · derivation · outgrowth · offshoot · offspring · product · emergence
- originsbeginning, birth, creation, source, roots
- metaphysicsessence, being, reality, existence, substance theory
- mysticismmystic, gnosis, divine union, divine spark, mystical
- outflowoutflow, outpour, outpouring, efflux, effluent
- Kabbalahhod, Tree of Life, tree of life, divine spark, sparks
- Divine Presencedivine presence, theophany, immanence, omnipresence, indwelling
emanationabsorption
Process of taking in
intake · inhalation · reception · ingestion · imbibing
emanationretention
Continued holding or possession
containment · stagnation · stoppage · cessation · suppression
emanationeffect
Result of a cause
result · consequence · outcome · completion · terminus