noun
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the act or an instance of emerging
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Also called: egress. astronomy the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse or occultation
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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
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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
On the 29th of June, at two o'clock in the morning Mr. Cook, in conjunction with Mr. Green, observed an emersion of Jupiter's first satellite.
From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Kippis, Andrew
Mary had had a vague idea of cleaning it herself, but Miss Mason demanded to see the janitress, and ascended, after a ten minutes' emersion in the noisome gloom of the basement, in high satisfaction.
From The Nest Builder by Hale, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson
A very clear sky enabled me to obtain here to-night good observations, including an emersion of the first satellite of Jupiter, which gave for the long.
From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by Frémont, John Charles
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