'Emersion' definitions:
Definition of 'emersion'
From: WordNet
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]