emergent

See also: émergent

English

Etymology

See emerge, emergency.

Adjective

emergent (comparative more emergent, superlative most emergent)

1. Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
2. (botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
3. (botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.
4. (video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
   • 2008, Jim Rossignol, This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities (page 126)

     In short, emergent games are ones that allow a huge range of possibilities and don't dictate a strict, linear flow of events. A strategy game is emergent because so many units can interact and have some effect on each other.

5. Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction; constituting an emergency.
6. (philosophy, sciences) Having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.

Derived terms

• emergently

Translations

Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.

(botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.

Having leaves and flowers above the water.

Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.

Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction; constituting an emergency.

Noun

emergent (plural emergents)

1. (botany) A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.

References

• emergent at OneLook Dictionary Search
• emergent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [emɛʁˈɡɛnt]
• Hyphenation: emer‧gent

Adjective

emergent (not comparable)

1. emergent

Declension

Declension of emergent

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist emergent	sie ist emergent	es ist emergent	sie sind emergent
strong declension (without article)	nominative	emergenter	emergente	emergentes	emergente
	genitive	emergenten	emergenter	emergenten	emergenter
	dative	emergentem	emergenter	emergentem	emergenten
	accusative	emergenten	emergente	emergentes	emergente
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der emergente	die emergente	das emergente	die emergenten
	genitive	des emergenten	der emergenten	des emergenten	der emergenten
	dative	dem emergenten	der emergenten	dem emergenten	den emergenten
	accusative	den emergenten	die emergente	das emergente	die emergenten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein emergenter	eine emergente	ein emergentes	(keine) emergenten
	genitive	eines emergenten	einer emergenten	eines emergenten	(keiner) emergenten
	dative	einem emergenten	einer emergenten	einem emergenten	(keinen) emergenten
	accusative	einen emergenten	eine emergente	ein emergentes	(keine) emergenten

Further reading

• emergent in Duden online

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Latin

Verb

ēmergent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of ēmergō