[yeūn bai lā-øk] (v, exp) EN: tender one's resignation ; submit one's resignation ; hand in one's notice ; resignFR: donner sa démission ; remettre sa démission ; se démettre de ses fonctions
n. [ L. emissio: cf. F. émission. See Emit. ] 1. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood. [ 1913 Webster ]
Emission theory (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles. See Corpuscular theory, under Corpuscular. [ 1913 Webster ]