emergent
中文来自 ECDICT
- adj.
- 紧急的,浮现的,出现的,自然发生的
演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 源自 ←拉丁语 ēmergēns
词源说明
From Latin ēmergēns, present participle of ēmergō. The medical sense is a back-formation from emergency.
释义(英文)
形容词 Adjective
- Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
- Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction.
- (especially medicine) Constituting an emergency.
- (botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
- (botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.
- (video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
- (philosophy, epistemology, sciences) That arises at a higher level than that of its components and is not explainable by the behaviour of said components taken individually; having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.