1. (

• emanation

) something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.) ;

2. (

• emission ,
• emanation

) the act of emitting; causing to flow forth ;

3. (

• emanation ,
• rise ,
• procession

) (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son" ;