emanation

noun

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

Definition categories: substance, matter

2. the act of emitting; causing to flow forth

Similar word(s): emission

Definition categories: act, egress, egression, emergence

3. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

- the emanation of the Holy Spirit

Similar word(s): procession, rise

Definition categories: event, inception, origin, origination