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e·mer·gence

[ih-mur-juhns]
noun
1.
the act or process of emerging.
2.
an outgrowth, as a prickle, on the surface of a plant.
3.
Evolution. the appearance of new properties or species in the course of development or evolution.

Origin:
1640–50; < French < Medieval Latin; see emergency

non·e·mer·gence, noun
re·e·mer·gence, noun
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example Sentences
  • Japan's emergence as a leading industrial power has stimulated great interest in the nation, its people and customs.
  • Natural selection working on unguided mutations cannot guarantee the emergence of anything.
  • And that points to one broad lesson from the emergence of this new group.
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emergence (ɪˈmɜːdʒəns)
 
n
1.  the act or process of emerging
2.  an outgrowth, such as a prickle, that contains no vascular tissue and does not develop into stem, leaf, etc

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emergence
1755, from L.L. emergentia, from emergere (see emerge).
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