Surfacing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

surfacing
    n 1: emerging to the surface and becoming apparent

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Surface \Sur"face\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surfaced}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Surfacing}.]
   1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a
      smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting
      for gold.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "surfacing":
      arising, breaking water, carpet, coming, cover, crash dive, deck,
      discharge, dive, earth, emanating, emanation, emanative, emanent,
      emergence, emergent, emerging, emersion, emission, extrusion,
      floor, floor covering, flooring, forthcoming, ground, issuance,
      issue, issuing, parquet, pave, pavement, paving, running dive,
      stationary dive, submergence, terra firma, transeunt, transient,
      vent

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