emergence

Definitions

1. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
   countable, uncountable
2. emergency
3. The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
   countable, uncountable
4. An emergency.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
5. 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.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In this dire emergence, the Marquis de Torcy, minister for foreign affairs, offered his services.”

“I[…]had recourse to an English Merchant, Mr Gregory, long settled at Dunkirk, to whom, happily, I had been recommended, as to a person capable, in any emergence, to afford⟳ me assistance.”

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