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EMERGENCE definition: 1. the fact of something becoming known or starting to exist: 2. the action of appearing by coming…. Learn more.
In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence occurs when a complex entity has properties or behaviors that its parts do not have on their own, and emerge only when they interact in a wider whole. Emergence plays a central role in theories of integrative levels and of complex systems.
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Emergence, in evolutionary theory, the rise of a system that cannot be predicted or explained from antecedent conditions. George Henry Lewes, the 19th-century English philosopher of science, distinguished between resultants and emergents—phenomena that are predictable from their constituent parts.
An emergence is when something comes into view — like the emergence of a seedling in a garden or the famous emergence of Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day — which is supposed to show how soon spring will "emerge."
The meaning of EMERGENCE is the act or an instance of emerging. How to use emergence in a sentence.
noun. the act or process of emerging. emerging. an outgrowth, as a prickle, on the surface of a plant. Evolution. the appearance of new properties or species in the course of development or evolution.
emergence (of somebody/something) (from something) the fact of somebody/something moving out of or away from something and becoming possible to see. the island’s emergence from the sea 3 000 years ago; Albania's emergence from its long period of isolation
The emergence of something is the process or event of its coming into existence.
emergence /ɪ ˈ mɚʤəns/ noun. Britannica Dictionary definition of EMERGENCE. [noncount] : the act of becoming known or coming into view : the act of emerging. his surprising emergence [= arrival, appearance] as a leader. the emergence of the Internet as an important means of communication.
