emergence

Meanings

• the gradual beginning or coming forth
  • "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
• the becoming visible
  • "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"
• the act of emerging
• the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent

Synonyms

egress, egression, emersion, growth, issue, outgrowth