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Adjective: emergent  i'mur-junt
  1. Occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action
    "emergent repair of an aorta"
     
  2. Coming into existence
    "an emergent republic";
    - emerging

See also: incipient, nascent, sudden

Encyclopedia: Emergent

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