# emergence

Pronunciation: say "i-MUR-juhns" US /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/, UK /ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/

## Noun

1. The act of rising out of a fluid, coming forth from concealment, or rising into view; appearance.
   - Simple: The act of coming into view or rising up from somewhere hidden.
   - _The diver's emergence from the depths was greeted with applause from the boat._
   - _The slow emergence of the moon over the ridge marked the start of the festival._
2. The process by which ordered structure or behavior arises in a complex system from the interactions of its simpler parts.
   - Simple: The way a complex system develops new patterns that its separate parts do not have on their own.
   - _The emergence of consciousness from neural activity remains a deep puzzle for researchers._
   - _Traffic jams can form through the emergence of patterns that no single driver intends._
3. An outgrowth from a plant surface, such as a prickle or wart, arising from deeper tissue than a hair but from fewer layers than a spine.
   - Simple: A small growth on a plant's surface, like a prickle, that grows from deeper layers than a hair does.
   - _Botanists classified the wart-like emergence as distinct from a true spine._
   - _The cactus bore numerous emergences along its ridged surface._

## Noun

4. A pressing situation demanding immediate action; an emergency. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A sudden, dangerous situation that needs fast action: an emergency.

## Origin

Borrowed from French émergence, and a doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, it can be read as emerge plus the suffix -ence.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/emergence (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).