The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         The white color of all refracted light, at its very
         first emergence . . . is compounded of various colors.
                                                  --Sir I.
                                                  Newton.
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         When from the deep thy bright emergence sprung. --H.
                                                  Brooke.
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