emergence
See also: émergence
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French émergence. See also emergency.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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.
- Archaic form of 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.
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Translations
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
References
- “emergence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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