Thesaurus: emersion

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1. n. The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties.
2. n. 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.
3. n. (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
4. n. the act of emerging
5. 1. The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties. Their immersion into water and their emersion out of the same. Knatchbull. 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.
6. The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse oroccultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of theearth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon.
7. n (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse n the act of emerging