emergence

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge +‎ -ence. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/, /iˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/, /iˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒəns === Noun === emergence (countable and uncountable, plural emergences) 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. (obsolete) An emergency. (botany) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== eclosion === References === “emergence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.