n. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance.
n. In particular: the arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of rising from or out of that which covers or conceals; a coming forth or into view.
n. In botany, an outgrowth or appendage upon the surface of an organ, as the prickles and glandular hairs of roses.
n. An emergency; exigency.
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n. the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
n. the gradual beginning or coming forth
n. the act of emerging
n. the becoming visible
Word Usage
""I am pretty convinced that this is what we call emergence of resistance, meaning that it was not transmission," said Johns Hopkins Hospital Dr. Trish Peri."