Adjective

emergent (comparative more emergent, superlative most emergent)

Positive emergent

Comparative more emergent

Superlative most emergent

1. emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
2. occurring unexpectedly or of an urgent nature.

Derived terms

• emergent evolution
• emergently

Noun

Singular emergent

Plural emergents

emergent (plural emergents)

1. (botany) A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot grows up and above the water.

It may also mean:

• Emergent (software), Neural Simulation Software
• Emergent (album), a 2003 album by Gordian Knot
• emergent plant, a plant which grows in water but which pierces the surface so that it is partially in air
• emergent evolution, an unpredictable rearrangement of the already existing entities
• emergent viruses, the adaptation of a virus to emerge as a new pathogenic strain with a new attribute in a new field not normally associated with that specific virus
• emergent coastline, a stretch of coast that has been exposed by the sea due to a relative fall in sea levels
• emergent algorithm, a self-stabilizing predictable algorithm
• emergent curriculum, curriculum planning based on the EMERGENT student’s interests and passions as well as the teacher’s
• emergent gameplay, the creative use of a game in ways unexpected by the game designer's original intent
• emergent strategy, strategies which originate in the interaction of an organization with its environment
• emergent democracy
• emergent organisation
• emergent materialism, a theory which asserts that the mind is an irreducible existent in some sense
• Emergent BioSolutions, a multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
• Emergent Design, a neologism describing a theoretical framework for the implementation of systemic change in education and learning environments
• Emerging church, 21st-century Protestant Christian movement

Other uses include:

• induced gravity, sometimes referred to as emergent gravity
• "Emergent" may also refer to emergence, or its belief system emergentism.