Emersion

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emersion \E*mer"sion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]mersion. See {Emerge}.]
     1. The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as,
        emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or
        difficulties.
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              Their immersion into water and their emersion out of
              the same.                             --Knatchbull.
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     2. (Astron.) The reappearance of a heavenly body after an
        eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from
        the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from
        behind the moon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  emersion
       n 1: (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an
            eclipse [syn: {egress}] [ant: {ingress}, {ingress}]
       2: the act of emerging [syn: {emergence}]