1. (

• emergence ,
• outgrowth ,
• growth ,

) the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" ;

2. (

• emergence ,
• egress ,
• issue

) the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins" ;

3. (

• emergence ,
• emersion ,

) the act of emerging ;

4. (

• egress ,
• egression ,
• emergence

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