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emersion
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Emersion
(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.
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Their immersion into water and their emersion out of
the same. --Knatchbull.
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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.
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emersion
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n 1: (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an
eclipse [syn: egress, emersion] [ant: immersion,
ingress]
2: the act of emerging [syn: emergence, emersion] |
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Demersion
(gcide) | Demersion \De*mer"sion\n. [L. demersio.]
1. The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning.
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2. The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in
water. --Ray.
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Emersion
(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.
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Their immersion into water and their emersion out of
the same. --Knatchbull.
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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.
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