emergence

noun4

1. •
   The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.

   • Some birds do indeed sing through the night of all we can remember, temperature gaugings at the site of our earliest emergence revealing that all was cool then — 1986
2. •
   The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
3. •
   An outgrowth from the surface, such as a prickle or wart, differing from hairs in arising from more than the superficial cells, and from spines in arising from a few layers only.
4. •
   (no longer used) An emergency.

   • In this dire emergence, the Marquis de Torcy, minister for foreign affairs, offered his services. — 1790