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Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
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Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction.
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(especially medicine) Constituting an emergency.
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(botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
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(botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.
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(video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
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(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.