What does extramission mean?
Extramission means (obsolete) Emission..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) Emission..
Aristotle, Alhazen, Vitello, and others [...] hold, that sight is made by reception, and not by extramission; by receiving the rays of the object into the eye, and not be sending any out.
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Extramission means (obsolete) Emission..
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Aristotle, Alhazen, Vitello, and others [...] hold, that sight is made by reception, and not by extramission; by receiving the rays of the object into the eye, and not be sending any out.
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