Dictionary definition for: Emergence
1. (n) the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
2. (n) the becoming visible; "not a day''s difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"
4. (n) the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
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