emergence
[ih-mur-juh ns]
- the act or process of emerging.
- an outgrowth, as a prickle, on the surface of a plant.
- Evolution. the appearance of new properties or species in the course of development or evolution.
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Origin of emergence
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Contemporary Examples
Thorgerson and Powell turned to video and film—a smart move given the emergence of MTV.
We saw the emergence of fashion designers who specialized in creating abayas.
Saudi Activist Manal Al-Sharif on Why She Removed the VeilManal Al Sharif, Advancing Human Rights
October 30, 2014
Instead there was the emergence of a Tea Party movement that brought many traditionally low-propensity voters to the polls.
Nomani said her activism, which took root before the emergence of social media, has often been lonely and isolating.
The emergence of new technology can have the most unexpected results on human behavior.
Historical Examples
It was rather the emergence from narrow channels to an open sea.
Evolution in Modern ThoughtErnst Haeckel
I need not detail the aftermath of our emergence from the atom.
Beyond the Vanishing PointRaymond King Cummings
They received orders not to fire upon the savages under any emergence.
La Salle instantly called all his force to arms, that he might be prepared for any emergence.
From here to the river's emergence from the park the fishing is not crude.
The Book of the National ParksRobert Sterling Yard
emergence
- the act or process of emerging
- an outgrowth, such as a prickle, that contains no vascular tissue and does not develop into stem, leaf, etc
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Word Origin and History for emergence
n.
1640s, "unforeseen occurrence," from French émergence, from emerger, from Latin emergere (see emerge). Meaning "an emerging" is from 1704.
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