emersion
Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.: Compare immersion (def. 5).
Archaic. the act of emerging.
Origin of emersion
1Other words from emersion
- re·e·mer·sion, noun
Words that may be confused with emersion
- emersion , immersion
Words Nearby emersion
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How to use emersion in a sentence
After about the middle of the totality, and so after the emersion of the sun, we saw Venus very plainly, but no other star.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsMade an observation on an emersion of one of Jupiter's satellities.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3) | Elliott CouesWe were sitting together last night in the turret of his house, watching the emersion of a satellite of Jupiter.
Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century | Samuel JohnsonA more miserable-looking object, on his emersion from the cold bath, I never saw.
The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, | Alexander MichieAt about ten, I observed an emersion of Jupiter's second satellite; time by the achrometer 8.
British Dictionary definitions for emersion
/ (ɪˈmɜːʃən) /
the act or an instance of emerging
Also called: egress astronomy the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse or occultation
Origin of emersion
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