different between emergent vs cantheism

English

Etymology

See emerge, emergency.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?m??.d??nt/

Adjective

emergent (comparative more emergent, superlative most emergent)

1. Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
2. Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction; constituting an emergency.
3. (botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
4. (botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.
5. (video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
   • 2008, Jim Rossignol, This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities (page 126)

     In short, emergent games are ones that allow a huge range of possibilities and don't dictate a strict, linear flow of events. A strategy game is emergent because so many units can interact and have some effect on each other.

6. (philosophy, sciences) Having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.

Derived terms

• emergently

Translations

Noun

emergent (plural emergents)

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

References

• emergent at OneLook Dictionary Search
• emergent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [em?????nt]
• Hyphenation: emer?gent

Adjective

emergent (not comparable)

1. emergent

Declension

Further reading

• “emergent” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

?mergent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of ?merg?

Romanian

Etymology

From French émergent, from Latin emergens.

Adjective

emergent m or n (feminine singular emergent?, masculine plural emergen?i, feminine and neuter plural emergente)

1. emergent

Declension

English

Etymology

Blend of cannabis +? theism

Noun

cantheism (uncountable)

1. (rare) An emergent religion that uses cannabis as a sacrament.

Anagrams

• Teichmans, anthemics, mechanist