[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

emergence \emer"gence\, n.; pl. emergences.
   the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from
   envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden
   uprisal or appearance.
   1913 webster

         the white color of all refracted light, at its very
         first emergence . . . is compounded of various colors.
                                                  --sir i.
                                                  newton.
   1913 webster

         when from the deep thy bright emergence sprung. --h.
                                                  brooke.
   1913 webster
see also:
emergences 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

emergence
     n 1: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage
          the emergence of sculpture in greece" syn: outgrowth,
           growth
     2: the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the
        emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow
        catkins" syn: egress, issue
     3: the act of emerging syn: emersion
     4: the act of coming or going out; becoming apparent syn: egress,
         egression
see also:
outgrowth growth egress issue emersion egression 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

59 moby thesaurus words for "emergence":
   apparition, appearance, appearing, arising, avatar, break,
   breakout, coming, coming into being, coming-forth, deliverance,
   delivery, development, discharge, disclosure, emanation, emersion,
   emission, epiphany, escape, escapism, evasion, exposure,
   extrication, extrusion, flight, forthcoming, freeing, getaway,
   incarnation, issuance, issue, jailbreak, leak, leakage, liberation,
   manifestation, materialization, materializing, occurrence, opening,
   outlet, presentation, prisonbreak, realization, release, rescue,
   revelation, riddance, rise, rising, setting-free, showing,
   showing forth, surfacing, theophany, unfolding, unfoldment, vent

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