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We found 6 dictionaries that define the word emergents:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. emergents: Merriam-Webster
  2. Emergent's, Emergents, emergents: Wordnik
  3. emergents: Wiktionary
  4. emergents: Dictionary.com
  5. emergents: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. emergents: Medical dictionary

(Note: See emergent as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (emergent)

adjective:  Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
adjective:  Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction.
adjective:  (especially medicine) Constituting an emergency.
adjective:  (botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
adjective:  (botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.
adjective:  (video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
adjective:  (philosophy, epistemology, sciences) That arises at a higher level than that of its components and is not explainable by the behaviour of said components taken individually; having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.
noun:  (botany) A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.
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