Meaning

7 senses
  1. Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.

    возника́ющийvoznikájuščij, появля́ющийсяpojavljájuščijsja, зарожда́ющийсяzaroždájuščijsja

    coming into existence

  2. Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction.

  3. (especially)Constituting an emergency.

  4. Taller than the surrounding vegetation.

  5. Having leaves and flowers above the water.

  6. Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.

  7. That arises at a higher level than that of its components and is not explainable by the behaviour of said components taken individually; having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.

    an emergent property

    эмердже́нтныйemerdžéntnyj

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Life is an emergent property of chemistry.

  2. Consciousness is an emergent property of the brain.

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.:
(philosophy, sciences) Having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.:

Origin

From Latin ēmergēns, present participle of ēmergō. The medical sense is a back-formation f

From Latin ēmergēns, present participle of ēmergō. The medical sense is a back-formation from emergency.

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