Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Emergence \E*mer"gence\, n.; pl. {Emergences}.
   The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from
   envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden
   uprisal or appearance.

         The white color of all refracted light, at its very
         first emergence . . . is compounded of various colors.
                                                  --Sir I.
                                                  Newton.

         When from the deep thy bright emergence sprung. --H.
                                                  Brooke.

Source : WordNet®

emergence
     n 1: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage
          the emergence of sculpture in Greece" [syn: {outgrowth},
           {growth}]
     2: the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the
        emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow
        catkins" [syn: {egress}, {issue}]
     3: the act of emerging [syn: {emersion}]
     4: the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent [syn: {egress},
         {egression}]