emergence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the gradual beginning or coming forth
    outgrowth; growth.
    • figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
  2. noun the becoming visible
    egress; issue.
    • not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
  3. noun the act of emerging
    emersion.
  4. noun the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
    egression; egress.

WordNet

E*mer"gence noun
Wordforms
plural Emergences
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913