-jən(t)s noun
( -s )
Etymology: emerge + -ence
1. : the act or an instance of emerging : a coming forth or rising into view
slow emergence from barbarism
the cold weather delayed the emergence of the apple blossoms
as
a. : the appearance of an emergent or the process of emerging — compare emergent evolution
b. : the recovering of consciousness (as after anesthesia)
c. often capitalized : the issuing forth from an underworld abode of the original ancestors of the human race — used in various No. American Indian mythologies
2.
[Medieval Latin emergentia ]
archaic
a. : emergency
b. : urgent need
3. : any of various outgrowths (as the prickle of a rose) from superficial layers of plant tissue usually from both the epidermis and immediately underlying layers — compare enation , trichome