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What does emergent mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word emergent? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
  2. (botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
  3. (botany) Having leaves and flowers above the water.
  4. (video game) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
  5. Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction; constituting an emergency.
  6. (philosophy) Having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.
Noun
  1. (botany) A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.
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