'Emersion' definitions:

Definition of 'emersion'

(from WordNet)
noun
(astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse [syn: egress, emersion] [ant: immersion, ingress]
noun
The act of emerging [syn: emergence, emersion]

Definition of 'Emersion'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

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