emersion

American  

[ih-mur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ɪˈmɜr ʒən, -ʃən /

noun

1. Also called egress.  Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.

2. Archaic. the act of emerging. emerging.

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emersion British  

/ ɪˈmɜːʃən /

noun

1. the act or an instance of emerging

2. Also called: egress.  astronomy the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse or occultation

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Other Word Forms

• reemersion noun

Etymology

Origin of emersion

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

Explanation

Emersion is when something that's been out of sight appears or emerges. The emersion of your friend's head from the water is a relief if he's been holding his breath at the bottom of the pool for a really long time. It's especially common to use the noun emersion when you're talking about something or someone rising from the water after being submerged beneath the surface. On a whale watch, people gaze at the ocean hoping to see the emersion of a whale, and in many harbors you can also see the emersion of seals' heads if you watch the water long enough. It's easy to confuse emersion with its opposite, immersion. Emersion shares a Latin root with emerge — emergere, "rise up."

Example Sentences

Join us for a conversation that traverses the globe while exploring the immigrant experience, environmental degradation, cultural emersion, globalism and the American Dream.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2021

The locals hardly need reminding and, after my intensive lace emersion, I was practically dreaming it.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2011

Hence the necessary emersion of the countries near the Pole.

From The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Riou, Edouard

And to this he refers by saying: "Again we observed that the occultation and emersion did not begin from the same point," i.e. on the same side of the sun, "but on opposite sides."

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

I then observed an emersion of Jupiter's first satellite, which gave 8� 31' 48.

From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II by Mackenzie, Alexander