the act of flowing or proceeding from some source or origin. Such is the emanation of light from the sun; or that of effluvia from odorous, &c. bodies; of wisdom from God, &c.—The word is formed of the Latin e "out of," and manare "to flow or stream."

EMANATION is also used for the thing that proceeds, as well as the act of proceeding. The power given a judge is an emanation from the regal power; the reasonable soul is an emanation from the Divinity.