Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Emergence"
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) 1.7 (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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