EMERGENCE

egress, egression, emergence

(noun) the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent

emergence, emersion

(noun) the act of emerging

emergence, egress, issue

(noun) the becoming visible; “not a day’s difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins”

emergence, outgrowth, growth

(noun) the gradual beginning or coming forth; “figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

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; sudden uprising or appearance.

In particular: the arising of emergent structure in complex systems.

(obsolete) An emergency.

Source: Wiktionary


E*mer"gence, n.; pl. Emergences (.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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