emergent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction.
Constituting an emergency.
Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
Having leaves and flowers above the water.
Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
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.

noun

A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.

/ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emergent.wav /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒənt/

emergent more emergent most emergent emergents

From Latin ēmergēns, present participle of ēmergō. The medical sense is a back-formation from emergency.

ascending emergent emerging forthcoming inchoate incipient infant immature nascent new newly-formed promising raw up-and-coming

dying moribund

emerge emergence emergency

emergent counting emergentism emergentist emergentistic emergent literacy emergently emergentness nonemergent preemergent reemergent

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