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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Emergence

/ĭm-ẽrj'-əns/ · E·mer·gence · IPA /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/
01 n. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.
pl. Emergences
  1. 1.
    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.