emergence

Plural: emergences

Noun

• the gradual beginning or coming forth
  • "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
• the becoming visible
  • "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"
• the act of emerging
• the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
• The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
• The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
• The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
• An emergency.
• 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.

Synonyms

egress, egression, emersion, growth, issue, outgrowth

Related Words

eclosion, emerge, emergent