emergent

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ēmergēns, present participle of ēmergō. The medical sense is a back-formation from emergency. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒənt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒənt/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt === Adjective === emergent (comparative more emergent, superlative most emergent) Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new. Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction. (especially medicine) Constituting an emergency. (botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation. (botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water. (video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline. (philosophy, epistemology, sciences) That arises at a higher level than that of its components and is not explainable by the behaviour of said components taken individually; having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually. an emergent property ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== emerge emergence emergency ==== Translations ==== === Noun === emergent (plural emergents) (botany) A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water. === References === “emergent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “emergent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [emɛʁˈɡɛnt] Hyphenation: emer‧gent === Adjective === emergent (strong nominative masculine singular emergenter, not comparable) emergent ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “emergent” in Duden online “emergent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Latin == === Verb === ēmergent third-person plural future active indicative of ēmergō == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French émergent, from Latin emergens. === Adjective === emergent m or n (feminine singular emergentă, masculine plural emergenți, feminine/neuter plural emergente) emergent ==== Declension ====