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emergence
/ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/
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What does emergence mean?
noun
- 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.
- 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.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (obsolete) An emergency.
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In the middle ages there was still less chance of the emergence of the ideas of progress and development.
When the hour for the emergence arrives, this stimulus is aroused and the insect sets to work to bore a passage.
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Since the emergence of the lovely young Countess from tutelage at Audley End there had been no lack of suitors for her favour.
With the emergence of the seed stalk, nitrogen content drops markedly and the leaves become more fibrous, ligninous, and consequently, more reluctant to decompose.
At such times the more exuberant among them called out in an excited manner on our emergence round some corner of expectancy, “Here they come!”