Emergence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or process of emerging.
  • n. A superficial outgrowth of plant tissue, such as the prickle of a rose.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
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    appearance   
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    evolution    extinction    downfall    demise    spread    overthrow    advent    dissolution    transformation    collapse