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emissive

/əˈmɪsɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables
emiss-ive
IPA
/əˈmɪsɪv/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēmissīvus, from ēmittō (“to emit”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /əˈmɪsɪv/
  • British English: /ɪˈmɪsɪv/

Inflected Forms

more emissive (comparative) most emissive (superlative)

Derived Forms

emissivity isoemissive nonemissive photoemissive

Rhymes With

submissive dismissive permissive missive remissive

Questions

How do you pronounce emissive?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈmɪsɪv/.
What does emissive mean?
Of, pertaining to, or having the capacity to emit radiation, matter, or sound; emitting.
Where does emissive come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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