emergence
noun
- phenomenon whereby larger entities arise through interactions among smaller/simpler entities such that the larger entities exhibit properties the smaller/simpler entities don't exhibit
- process of emerging
- process of coming to be seen as something new
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ / /iˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ / /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge + -ence.
- The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
“Some birds do indeed sing through the night of all we can remember, temperature gaugings at the site of our earliest emergence revealing that all was cool then”
- The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
- An emergency.
“In this dire emergence, the Marquis de Torcy, minister for foreign affairs, offered his services.”
“I[…]had recourse to an English Merchant, Mr Gregory, long settled at Dunkirk, to whom, happily, I had been recommended, as to a person capable, in any emergence, to afford me assistance.”
- 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.