emersion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: emersion	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emersion n (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse Synonym(s): egress, emersion Antonym(s): immersion, ingress the act of emerging Synonym(s): emergence, emersion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Emersion \Emer"sion\, n. [Cf. F. [82]mersion. See {Emerge}.] 1. The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion* from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties. Their immersion into water and their emersion out of the same. --Knatchbull. 2. (Astron.) The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon.