Emersion

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties.

II. Emersion ·noun 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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