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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
emersion \emer"sion\, n. cf. f. 'emersion. see emerge.
1. the act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as,
emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or
difficulties.
1913 webster
their immersion into water and their emersion out of
the same. --knatchbull.
1913 webster
2. astron. the reappearance of a heavenly body after an
eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from
the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from
behind the moon.
1913 webster
see also:
emerge
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
emersion
n 1: astronomy the reappearance of a celestial body after an
eclipse syn: egress ant: ingress, ingress
2: the act of emerging syn: emergence
see also:
egress ingress emergence
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