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Webster 1913 Edition


Emergence

E-mer′gence

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Emergences
.
The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.
The white color of all refracted light, at its very first
emergence
. . . is compounded of various colors.
Sir I. Newton.
When from the deep thy bright
emergence
sprung.
H. Brooke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Emergence

EMERG'ENCE


Definition 2024


emergence

emergence

See also: émergence

English

Noun

emergence (plural emergences)

  1. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance.
  2. In particular: the arising of emergent structure in complex systems.

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  • emergence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913