emergent
adjective
[ ɪˈməːdʒ(ə)nt ]
• in the process of coming into being or becoming prominent.
• "blockchains are still an emergent technology"
Similar:
emerging,
beginning,
coming out,
arising,
dawning,
developing,
budding,
burgeoning,
embryonic,
infant,
fledgling,
nascent,
incipient,
rising,
promising,
potential,
up-and-coming,
• of or denoting a plant which is taller than the surrounding vegetation, especially a tall tree in a forest.
emergent
noun
• an emergent property.
• "knowledge is an emergent of this interactive process"
• an emergent tree or other plant.
• "emergents tower above the top canopy"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘occurring unexpectedly’): from Latin emergent- ‘arising from’, from the verb emergere (see emerge).
