Library / English Dictionary

EMERSION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of emerging

Synonyms:

emergence; emersion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("emersion" is a kind of...):

appearance (the act of appearing in public view)

Derivation:

emerge (come out into view, as from concealment)

emerge (become known or apparent)

emerge (come out of)

emerge (come up to the surface of or rise)

emerge (happen or occur as a result of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse

Synonyms:

egress; emersion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("emersion" is a kind of...):

reappearance (the event of something appearing again)

Domain category:

astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)

Holonyms ("emersion" is a part of...):

eclipse; occultation (one celestial body obscures another)

Antonym:

immersion ((astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse)

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