Meaning & use
Emersion
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The act of emerging or coming out from something, especially the reappearance of a celestial body after being eclipsed or occulted.
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Astronomers timed the emersion of the star from behind the moon to the nearest second.
The diver's emersion from the flooded cave drew relieved cheers from the rescue team.
A note on using this word
Easily confused with 'immersion,' which means the opposite: going into something, especially a liquid.
Words with a similar meaning
reappearanceemergence
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