"emergence" in the noun sense

1. emergence, outgrowth, growth

the gradual beginning or coming forth

"figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"

2. emergence, egress, issue

the becoming visible

"not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"

3. emergence, emersion

the act of emerging

4. egress, egression, emergence

the act of coming (or going) out becoming apparent

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