emersion
/ɪˈməːʃ(ə)n
/ /iːˈməːʃ(ə)n/noun [mass noun]
1The process of emerging from water after being submerged: some coral species can survive emersion for up to three hours...
- Organisms that live higher on the shore experience larger daily and seasonal fluctuations in microhabitat conditions, due to their greater exposure to terrestrial conditions during emersion.
- Presumably, the increased chaperone need is induced by exaggerated gill protein denaturation in response to elevated body temperatures during emersion.
- The restructuring of the membrane bilayer, which may occur during the tidal cycle, if body temperature fluctuates widely during emersion and immersion, represents a second energetic cost to intertidal species.
2 Astronomy The reappearance of a celestial body after its eclipse or occultation.The spectacular reappearance of the planet - emersion - should be plainly visible to the unaided eye....
- Such terminology may also be used for eclipses and occultations, along with their synonyms immersion and emersion.
- So at 3.45pm BST, we decided to pack up and go to our respective homes in order to observe the emersion of Venus if we could.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from late Latin emersio(n-), from Latin emergere (see emerge).
Rhymes
- Williston
- williwaw
- Willkie, Wendell
- will-o'-the-wisp
- willow
- willow grouse
- willowherb
- willow pattern
- willow ptarmigan
- willow tit
- willow tree
- willow warbler
- willowware
- willow wren
- willowy
- willpower
- Wills Moody, Helen
- Wills, William John
- will the real —— please stand up
- willy
- willy-nilly
- willy wagtail
- willy-willy
- Wilmington
- Wilms' tumour