noun
- Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.Compare immersion(def 5).
- Archaic. the act of emerging.
noun
- the act or an instance of emerging
- Also called: egress astronomy the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse or occultation
1630s, noun of action from past participle stem of Latin emergere (see emerge). Originally of eclipses and occultations.