Definition of "emergence" in English

noun

1. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.

2. (obsolete) An emergency.

3. (botany) An outgrowth from the surface, such as a prickle or wart, differing from hairs in arising from more than the superficial cells, and from spines in arising from a few layers only.