Associations to the word «Emergence»

Wiktionary

EMERGENCE, noun. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance.
EMERGENCE, noun. In particular: the arising of emergent structure in complex systems.

Dictionary definition

EMERGENCE, noun. The gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece".
EMERGENCE, noun. The becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins".
EMERGENCE, noun. The act of emerging.
EMERGENCE, noun. The act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats