Meaning of EMERGENT
| Pronunciation: | | i'murjunt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] coming into existence; "a nascent republic" |
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| | Synonyms: | | aborning, emerging, nascent |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \E*mer"gent\, a. [L. emergens, p. pr. of emergere.]
1. Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers
or conceals; issuing; coming to light.
The mountains huge appear emergent. --Milton.
2. Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; calling for
prompt action; urgent.
Protection granted in emergent danger. --Burke.
{Emergent year} (Chron.), the epoch or date from which any
people begin to compute their time or dates; as, the
emergent year of Christendom is that of the birth of
Christ; the emergent year of the United States is that of
the declaration of their independence. -- {E*mer"gent*ly},
adv. -- {E*mer"gent*ness}, n. [R.]
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Any of various plants (as a cattail) rooted in shallow water and having most of the vegetative growth above the water. |
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| | Related Terms: | | approaching, arising, charged, climacteric, coming, critical, crucial, decisive, desired, destinal, destined, determined, emanating, emanative, emanent, emerging, eventual, exigent, extrapolated, fatal, fated, fatidic, forthcoming, future, futuristic, hereafter, hoped-for, imminent, issuing, kairotic, later, loaded, nearing, pivotal, planned, plotted, predicted, pregnant, probable, projected, prophesied, prospective, surfacing, to come, to-be, transeunt, transient, ultimate |
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