emergence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: emergence	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for emergence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emergence n the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" Synonym(s): emergence, outgrowth, growth the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins" Synonym(s): emergence, egress, issue the act of emerging Synonym(s): emergence, emersion the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent Synonym(s): egress, egression, emergence
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Emergence \Emer"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.