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- DictionaryE·mer·gence/əˈmərjəns/
noun
- 1. the process of coming into view or becoming exposed after being concealed: "I misjudged the timing of my emergence"
- 2. the process of coming into being, or of becoming important or prominent: "the emergence of the environmental movement"
The meaning of EMERGENCE is the act or an instance of emerging. How to use emergence in a sentence.
In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence occurs when a complex entity has properties or behaviors that its parts do not have on their own, and emerge only when they interact in a wider whole. Emergence plays a central role in theories of integrative levels and of complex systems.
EMERGENCE definition: 1. the fact of something becoming known or starting to exist: 2. the action of appearing by coming…. Learn more.
noun. the act or process of emerging. emerging. an outgrowth, as a prickle, on the surface of a plant. Evolution. the appearance of new properties or species in the course of development or evolution.
An emergence is when something comes into view — like the emergence of a seedling in a garden or the famous emergence of Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day — which is supposed to show how soon spring will "emerge."
emergence (of somebody/something) (from something) the fact of somebody/something moving out of or away from something and becoming possible to see. the island’s emergence from the sea 3 000 years ago; Albania's emergence from its long period of isolation
The emergence of something is the process or event of its coming into existence.