Emersion
Pronunciation : E*mer"sion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. ?mersion. See Emerge.]
Definition : 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.)
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913