emergence

See also: émergence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French émergence. See also emergency.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɜːdʒ(ə)ns/

Noun

emergence (countable and uncountable, plural emergences)

  1. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance.
  2. In particular: the arising of emergent structure in complex systems.

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References

  • emergence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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