English Explanatory Dictionary

emergence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
  2. The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
  3. An emergency.
  4. 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.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ /iˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ /iˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-emergence.wav

Word forms

emergence emergences

Etymology

Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge + -ence.

Related words

emerge emergent eclosion

Derived words

coemergence postemergence preemergence reemergence re-emergence

Translations

Bulgarian: изплуване Bulgarian: появяване Catalan: emergència Czech: vynoření Czech: vznik Dutch: opkomst Finnish: ilmaantuminen Finnish: esille tuleminen Finnish: ilmestyminen Finnish: pilkahtaminen French: émergence Latin: ēmergentia Macedonian: појаву́вање Macedonian: излегу́вање Macedonian: возникну́вање Occitan: emergéncia Russian: всплыва́ние Russian: всплы́тие Serbo-Croatian: emergencija Spanish: surgimiento Spanish: emersión Swedish: uppdykande Tocharian B: lalñe Turkish: zuhur
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