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emergence.

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/UK/iˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/UK/ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/General-American/iˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/General-American
  1. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance. The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.

    countable · uncountable
  3. An emergency.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  4. An outgrowth from the surface, such as a prickle or wart, differing from hairs in arising from more than the superficial cells, and from spines in arising from a few layers only.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge + -ence.

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