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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse;
[syn: egress, emersion]

2. the act of emerging;
[syn: emergence, emersion]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Their immersion into water and their emersion out of the same. --Knatchbull. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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