Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Emanation \Em`a*na"tion\, n. [L. emanatio: cf. F. ['e]manation.]
   1. The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or
      origin. --South.

            Those profitable and excellent emanations from God.
                                                  --Jer. Taylor.

   2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a
      source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation
      from a flower.

            An emanation of the indwelling life.  --Bryant.

Source : WordNet®

emanation
     n 1: something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor
          or a light etc.)
     2: the act of emitting; causing to flow forth [syn: {emission}]
     3: (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost;
        "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the
        Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy
        Spirit from the Father and the Son" [syn: {rise}, {procession}]