| emersion | 1. The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties. "Their immersion into water and their emersion out of the same." (Knatchbull) 2. <astronomy> 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. Origin: Cf. F. Emersion. See Emerge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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