different between emergence vs development
emergence
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French émergence. See also emergency.
Morphologically emerge +? -ence.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??m??d?(?)ns/
Noun
emergence (countable and uncountable, plural emergences)
- The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprising or appearance.
- In particular: the arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
- (obsolete) An emergency.
- 1812, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 452:
- I […] had recourse to an English Merchant, Mr Gregory, long settled at Dunkirk, to whom, happily, I had been recommended, as to a person capable, in any emergence, to afford me assistance.
- 1812, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 452:
Related terms
- emerge
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- eclosion
References
- emergence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
emergence From the web:
- what emergency level is lucas county
- what emergency number is 112
- what emergency is happening near me
- what emergency contraception is best
- what emergency numbers should i have
- what emergency room should i go to
- what emergency procedure is used for pneumothorax
- what emergency rooms take medical
development
English
Alternative forms
- developement (obsolete)
Etymology
First use 1756, analyzable as develop +? -ment, from French développement, from Old French desvelopemens (“unrolling”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??v?l?pm?nt/
Noun
development (countable and uncountable, plural developments)
- (uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
- (uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
- (countable) Something which has developed.
- (real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
- (real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
- (uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
- (chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
- (music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
- (music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
- (mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.
Derived terms
- arrested development
- career development
- community development
- development aid
Translations
Further reading
- "development" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 103.
development From the web:
- what development contributed to the growth of agriculture
- what developments helped lead to the revolution
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