emergence

See also: émergence

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emergence

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/, /iˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/, /iˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒəns

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; appearance.
   1. The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
2. (obsolete) An emergency.
   • 1790, Charles Hamilton, Transactions During the Reign of Queen Anne:

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

   • 1812, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 452:

     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.

3. (botany) 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.

Derived terms

• coemergence
• postemergence
• preemergence
• reemergence, re-emergence

Related terms

• emerge
• emergent

Translations

the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view

Bulgarian: изплуване n (izpluvane), появяване n (pojavjavane) Catalan: emergència (ca) f Czech: vynoření n, vznik (cs) m Dutch: opkomst (nl) Finnish: ilmaantuminen (fi), esille tuleminen, ilmestyminen (fi), pilkahtaminen (fi) French: émergence (fr) f Macedonian: појаву́вање n (pojavúvanje), излегу́вање n (izlegúvanje), возникну́вање n (vozniknúvanje) Occitan: emergéncia f Russian: всплыва́ние (ru) n (vsplyvánije), всплы́тие (ru) n (vsplýtije) Serbo-Croatian: emergencija (sh) f Spanish: surgimiento m, emersión f Swedish: uppdykande n Tocharian B: lalñe Turkish: zuhur (tr)

the arising of emergent structure in complex systems

Arabic: انبثاق m Armenian: առաջացում (hy) (aṙaǰacʻum) Bulgarian: поява (bg) f (pojava) Catalan: propietats emergents f Chinese: Hokkien: 突現 / 突现 (thé-hiān) Mandarin: 湧現 / 涌现 (zh) (chūxiàn), 出現 / 出现 (zh) (chūxiàn), 突現 / 突现 (tūxiàn) Czech: emergence (cs) f Dutch: emergentie f Finnish: emergenssi (fi) French: émergence (fr) f German: Emergenz (de) f Italian: emergenza (it) f Japanese: 創発 (そうはつ, sōhatsu) Macedonian: по́јава f (pójava) Norwegian: emergens Polish: emergencja f Portuguese: emergência (pt) f Russian: появле́ние (ru) n (pojavlénije), возникнове́ние (ru) n (vozniknovénije) Serbo-Croatian: emergencija (sh) f Slovak: emergencia Spanish: emergencia (es) f, emersión f Swedish: emergens (sv) c Turkish: belirme (tr)

See also

• eclosion

References

• “emergence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.