1. the act of emitting again or sending forth once more
Usage: technical; rare

Examples

• The reemission of light from the phosphorescent material continued for several minutes.
• Scientists studied the reemission of radiation from the heated surface.
• The telescope detected the reemission of energy from distant stars.
• After absorption, the reemission of photons occurred at a different wavelength.
• The material’s reemission properties made it useful for optical applications.