Emergent
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- Emergent (software), Neural Simulation Software
- Emergent (album)Emergent (album)Emergent is the second album by American progressive rock band Gordian Knot, and is the only album apart from Focus to contain all original members of Cynic.- Track listing :#"Arsis" – 1:59#"Muttersprache" – 6:26#"A Shaman's Whisper" – 6:33...
, a 2003 album by Gordian Knot - emergent plantEmergent plantAn emergent plant is one which grows in water but which pierces the surface so that it is partially in air. Collectively, such plants are emergent vegetation....
, a plant which grows in water but which pierces the surface so that it is partially in air - emergent evolutionEmergent evolutionEmergent evolution is the hypothesis that, in the course of evolution, some entirely new properties, such as life and consciousness, appear at certain critical points, usually because of an unpredictable rearrangement of the already existing entities...
, an unpredictable rearrangement of the already existing entities - emergent virusesEmergent VirusesAn emergent virus is a virus that has adapted and emerged as a new disease/pathogenic strain, with attributes facilitating pathogenicity in a field not normally associated with that virus. This includes viruses that are the cause of a disease which has notably increased in incidence; this is often...
, the adaptation of a virus to emerge as a new pathogenic strain with a new attribute in a new field not normally associated with that specific virus - emergent coastlineEmergent coastlineEmergent coastlines are stretches along the coast that have been exposed by the sea due to a relative fall in sea levels. This occurs due to either isostacy or eustacy....
, a stretch of coast that has been exposed by the sea due to a relative fall in sea levels - emergent algorithmEmergent algorithmAn emergent algorithm is an algorithm that has the following characteristics:* it achieves predictable global effects* it does not require global visibility* it does not assume any kind of centralized control* it is self-stabilizing...
, a self-stabilizing predictable algorithm - emergent curriculumEmergent curriculumEmergent curriculum is a way of planning curriculum based on the student’s interest and passions as well as the teacher’s. To plan an emergent curriculum requires observation, documentation, creative brainstorming, flexibility and patience...
, curriculum planning based on the EMERGENT student’s interests and passions as well as the teacher’s - emergent gameplayEmergent gameplayEmergent gameplay refers to complex situations in video games, board games, or table top role-playing games that emerge from the interaction of relatively simple game mechanics....
, the creative use of a game in ways unexpected by the game designer's original intent - emergent strategyStrategy dynamicsThe word ‘dynamics’ appears frequently in discussions and writing about strategy, and is used in two distinct, though equally important senses.The dynamics of strategy and performance concerns the ‘content’ of strategy – initiatives, choices, policies and decisions adopted in an attempt to improve...
, strategies which originate in the interaction of an organization with its environment - emergent democracyEmergent democracyEmergent democracy refers to the rise of political structures and behaviors without central planning and by the action of many individual participants, especially when mediated by the Internet...
- emergent organizationEmergent organizationThe term emergent organizations first appeared in the late 1990s and was the topic of the Seventh Annual Washington Evolutionary Systems Conference at University of Ghent, Belgium in May, 1999....
- emergent materialismEmergent materialismIn the philosophy of mind, emergent materialism is a theory which asserts that the mind is an irreducible existent in some sense, albeit not in the sense of being an ontological simple, and that the study of mental phenomena is independent of other sciences.The view can be divided into emergence...
, a theory which asserts that the mind is an irreducible existent in some sense - Emergent BioSolutionsEmergent BioSolutionsEmergent BioSolutions is a multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. Emergent develops vaccines and therapeutics targeting infectious diseases, oncology and autoimmune disorders. Founded as BioPort Corporation in 1998, the company was named Emergent...
, a multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA - Emergent DesignEmergent DesignEmergent Design means that Design of Artifacts is itself an Emergent Phenomenon. This implies that it emerges in the creative design process, rather than being a blueprint that exists eternally in the ether like the Platonic source Forms and also that the artifact that is designed has emergent...
, a neologism describing a theoretical framework for the implementation of systemic change in education and learning environments - Emerging churchEmerging ChurchThe emerging church is a Christian movement of the late 20th and early 21st century that crosses a number of theological boundaries: participants can be described as evangelical, Protestant, Catholic, post-evangelical, anabaptist, adventist, liberal, post-liberal, reformed, charismatic,...
, 21st-century ecumenical Christian movement
Other uses include:
- induced gravityInduced gravityInduced gravity is an idea in quantum gravity that space-time background emerges asa mean field approximation of underlying microscopic degrees of freedom, similar to the fluid mechanics approximation of Bose–Einstein condensates...
, sometimes referred to as emergent gravity - "Emergent" may also refer to emergenceEmergenceIn philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. Emergence is central to the theories of integrative levels and of complex systems....
, or its belief system emergentismEmergentismIn philosophy, emergentism is the belief in emergence, particularly as it involves consciousness and the philosophy of mind, and as it contrasts with reductionism. A property of a system is said to be emergent if it is in some sense more than the "sum" of the properties of the system's parts...
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