emersion

[ ih-mur-zhuhn, -shuhn ]

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. emerging.

emersion

/ ɪˈmɜːʃən /

noun

1. the act or an instance of emerging
2. Also calledegress astronomy the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse or occultation

Other Words From

• ree·mersion noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of emersion¹

1625–35; < Latin ēmers ( us ) (past participle of ēmergere to emerge ) + -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of emersion¹

C17: from Latin ēmersus, from ēmergere; see emerge

Example Sentences

After about the middle of the totality, and so after the emersion of the sun, we saw Venus very plainly, but no other star.

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Made an observation on an emersion of one of Jupiter's satellities.

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We were sitting together last night in the turret of his house, watching the emersion of a satellite of Jupiter.

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A more miserable-looking object, on his emersion from the cold bath, I never saw.

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At about ten, I observed an emersion of Jupiter's second satellite; time by the achrometer 8.

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