| 释义 |
emer·gence
\-jən(t)s\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: emerge + -ence
1. : the act or an instance of emerging : a coming forth or rising into view
< slow emergence from barbarism >
< the cold weather delayed the emergence of the apple blossoms >
as
a. : the appearance of an emergent or the process of emerging — compare emergent evolution
b. : the recovering of consciousness (as after anesthesia)
c. often capitalized : the issuing forth from an underworld abode of the original ancestors of the human race — used in various No. American Indian mythologies
2. [Medieval Latin emergentia] archaic
a. : emergency
b. : urgent need
3. : any of various outgrowths (as the prickle of a rose) from superficial layers of plant tissue usually from both the epidermis and immediately underlying layers — compare enation, trichome |