emissive (emisiv)

[L. emi us, pp. of emittere, send out (see emit ), + -ive.] 1. Sending out; emitting; radiating, as light. But soon a beam, emi ive from above, Shed mental day, and touch'd the heart with love. Brooke , tr. of Ta o's Jerusalem Delivered, i. 2. Pertaining to Newton's explanation of light by the theory of emi ion. See emi ion . The other two theories equally suppose the non-existence of a vacuum; according to the emi ive or corpus cular theory, the vacuum is filled by the matter itself of light, heat, etc. W. R. Grove, Corr. of Forces. Emi ive power, radiating power.