emersion








noun

  1. Also called egress. Astronomy. the emergence of a heavenly body from an eclipse, an occultation, or a transit.Compare immersion(def 5).
  2. Archaic. the act of emerging.

noun

  1. the act or an instance of emerging
  2. Also called: egress astronomy the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse or occultation
n.

1630s, noun of action from past participle stem of Latin emergere (see emerge). Originally of eclipses and occultations.

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