ēmissĭo, ōnis, f. [emitto], a sending out, darting forth (rare).
I Prop., a letting go : radiorum ex oculis, a darting forth , Gell. 5, 16, 2: mortui sunt in emissione, in exile , Vulg. Baruch. 2, 25.—*
II Meton., power of projecting or hurling; in plur.: graviores telorum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; a letting go , releasing : anguis, id. Div. 2, 29, 62 (thrice).