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Definition of Emergent
1. Adjective. Occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action. "Emergent repair of an aorta"
2. Adjective. Coming into existence. "An emergent republic"
Definition of Emergent
1. a. Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.
Definition of Emergent
1. Adjective. emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new. ¹
2. Adjective. (botany) taller than the surrounding vegetation ¹
3. Adjective. (botany of a water-dwelling plant) having leaves and flowers above the water ¹
4. Noun. (botany) A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grows up and above the water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Emergent
1. a type of aquatic plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Emergent
1. Any of various plants (as a cattail) rooted in shallow water and having most of the vegetative growth above the water. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emergent
Literary usage of Emergent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1904)
"emergent Column.—Elementary theory assumes all the glass and mercury of a ...
In such a case, if a long mercury column be emergent, the thermometer, ..."
2. The Principles and Methods of Geometrical Optics: Especially as Applied to by James Powell Cocke Southall (1910)
"Image-Point on the chief emergent ray u't corresponding to the object-point ...
Image- Points P2, Q2, ~R'2t • • • both lying on the emergent chief ray u'2. ..."
3. Guided Reading Basics: Organizing, Managing and Implementing a Balanced by Lori Jamison Rog (2003)
"Both Jason and Kayla are emergent readers. They are on the road to literacy,
though what they do might not be considered reading by a layperson. ..."
4. A Text-book of Practical Physics by William Watson (1913)
"Correction of Thermometer Reading for emergent Column. — In many cases where a
mercury thermometer is used, it is not possible to arrange so that the ..."
5. Teaching Children to Be Literate: A Reflective Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1995)
"Efforts to understand and guide emergent literacy should be sensitive to other
... emergent literacy is a period of early learning which, when properly ..."
6. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1832)
"When light is transmitted through a medium bounded by plane and parallel surfaces,
the incident and emergent rays are parallel. ..."
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