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Illustration from System der visuellen Wahrnehmung beim Menschen (1687) depicting emission theory.. Emission theory or extramission theory (variants: extromission) or extromissionism is the proposal that visual perception is accomplished by eye beams emitted by the eyes.
Enzyme multiplied immunoassay technique (EMIT) is a common method for qualitative and quantitative determination of therapeutic and recreational drugs and certain proteins in serum and urine. [ 1 ] It is an immunoassay in which a drug or metabolite in the sample competes with a drug/metabolite labelled with an enzyme, to bind to an antibody.
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Emit may refer to: Emit, North Carolina, an unincorporated community; Em:t Records, a British record label that specializes in ambient music; Emmet (Cornish), Cornish derogatory slang for a tourist or newcomer; EMIT or Enzyme multiplied immunoassay technique, a common drug test; Emit
A schematic of electron excitation, showing excitation by photon (left) and by particle collision (right) Electron excitation is the transfer of a bound electron to a more energetic, but still bound state.
A MAssive Compact Halo Object (MACHO) is a kind of astronomical body that might explain the apparent presence of dark matter in galactic halos.A MACHO is a body that emits little or no radiation and drifts through interstellar space unassociated with any planetary system (and may or may not be composed of normal baryonic matter).
Plutonium-239 (239 Pu or Pu-239) is an isotope of plutonium.Plutonium-239 is the primary fissile isotope used for the production of nuclear weapons, although uranium-235 is also used for that purpose.
A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.