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Emergent adj.

Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light. "The mountains huge appear emergent."

Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; calling for prompt action; urgent. "Protection granted in emergent danger."

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.

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Etymology of 'Emergent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. He challenged the trade, not only to attack his theories but to produce evidence from their own plants that they could provide an alternative means of satisfying an emergent demand. Whether or not Bessemer is entitled to claim priority of invention, one can but agree with the ironmaster who said:[6] "Mr. Bessemer has raised such a spirit of enquiry throughout ... the land as must lead to an improved ...

— The Beginnings of Cheap Steel • Philip W. Bishop

... recourse to supernatural aid. In a picture of him at Lumley Castle, he is represented in a close black gown, with both hands on a great sword, on whose hilt is inscribed the word Azot. This was the name of his familiar spirit, that he kept imprisoned in the pummel, to consult on emergent occasions. The circumstance is thus ...

— Thaumaturgia • An Oxonian

Words linked to "Emergent" : emerge, sudden, emergency