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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emergence \E*mer"gence\, n.; 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: emergence n 1: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" [syn: {outgrowth}, {growth}] 2: the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins" [syn: {egress}, {issue}] 3: the act of coming (or going) out becoming apparent [syn: {egress}, {egression}] 4: the act of emerging [syn: {emersion}]
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