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e⋅mer⋅sion

  [i-mur-zhuhn, -shuhn]
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–noun
1. Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit. Compare immersion (def. 5).
2. Archaic. the act of emerging.
Origin:
1625–35; < L ēmers(us) (ptp. of ēmergere to emerge ) + -ion
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e·mer·sion   (ĭ-mûr'zhən, -shən)   
n.  The act of emerging; emergence.

[From Latin ēmersus, past participle of ēmergere, to emerge; see emerge.]
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