emergence
Appearance
See also: émergence
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge + -ence.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/, /iˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/, /iˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒəns
Noun
[edit]emergence (countable and uncountable, plural emergences)
- The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance.
- In particular: the arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
- (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.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view
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the arising of emergent structure in complex systems
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “emergence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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