emersion Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
    egress.
  2. noun the act of emerging
    emergence.

WordNet

E*mer"sion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. émersion. See Emerge.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913