EMERGENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does emergence mean? 

• EMERGENCE (noun)
  The noun EMERGENCE has 4 senses:

1. the gradual beginning or coming forth

2. the becoming visible

3. the act of emerging

4. the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent

  Familiarity information: EMERGENCE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMERGENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The gradual beginning or coming forth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

emergence; growth; outgrowth

Context example:

figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece

Hypernyms ("emergence" is a kind of...):

beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emergence"):

rise (a growth in strength or number or importance)

Derivation:

emerge (become known or apparent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The becoming visible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

egress; emergence; issue

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("emergence" is a kind of...):

beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emergence"):

eruption (the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum)

dissilience (the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe)

Derivation:

emerge (come out into view, as from concealment)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of emerging

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

emergence; emersion

Hypernyms ("emergence" is a kind of...):

appearance (the act of appearing in public view)

Derivation:

emergent (coming into existence)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

egress; egression; emergence

Hypernyms ("emergence" is a kind of...):

act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emergence"):

surfacing (emerging to the surface and becoming apparent)

emanation; emission (the act of emitting; causing to flow forth)

Derivation:

emerge (come out into view, as from concealment)

 Context examples 

Scientists hypothesize that the growth of complex organic molecules like PAHs is one of the steps leading to the emergence of life.

(“Kitchen Smoke” Molecules in Nebula Offer Clues to the Building Blocks of Life, NASA)

The final death event, which occurred approximately 10,000 years ago — before the emergence of the modern reef, was not clearly linked to any abrupt sea-level rise or post-glacial meltwater pulse.

(Major study reveals Great Barrier Reef’s 30,000-year fight for survival, University of Granada)

Why Tasmanian devils should be particularly susceptible to the emergence of DFTs is not clear.

(Human anti-cancer drugs could help treat transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils, University of Cambridge)

Prior to the new study, Ganymede's rocky sea bottom was thought to be coated with ice, not liquid — a problem for the emergence of life.

(Ganymede may harbor 'club sandwich' of oceans and ice, NASA)

In psychiatry, the use of hydrazine derivatives is limited due to the emergence of the tricyclic antidepressants.

(Hydrazine, NCI Thesaurus)

Subsequent exposure of the HL-60/MX1 cells to higher concentrations of mitoxantrone led to the emergence of cells capable of growth at 190 nM.

(HL-60/MX1, NCI Thesaurus)

However, overuse or inappropriate use of antibiotics may lead to the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance.

(No benefit to shortening ear infection treatment, NIH)

The emergence of autism in children has not only been linked to genes encoding synaptic proteins—among others—but also environmental insults such as zinc deficiency.

(Zinc Deficiency during Pregnancy Linked to Autism in Babies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

GPC1-positive exosomes predicted cancer emergence before tumors could be detected with MRI or other techniques.

(Method for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer, NIH)

A more oxygen-rich atmosphere would have facilitated the emergence and viability of life on land, by generating an ozone layer, which shields against harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun.

(Size matters: if you are a bubble of volcanic gas, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)