Emergence
[ɪ'mɜːdʒ(ə)ns] or [ɪ'mɝdʒəns]
Definition
(noun.) the act of emerging.
(noun.) the becoming visible; 'not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins'.
(noun.) the gradual beginning or coming forth; 'figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece'.
Checked by Emma--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.
Edited by Lizzie
Examples
- This is of prime importance, as permitting quick submergence or emergence, either to escape from a high-speed destroyer or to capture a merchantman. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They appeal to history for confirmation: have not all social changes, they ask, meant the emergence of a new economic class until it dominated society? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- 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! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The ray is always bent toward the thick portion of the lens, both at its entrance into the lens and its emergence from the lens. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Edited by Claudette