Adjective

(en adjective)

(lb) Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction; constituting an emergency.

* 1918 , The Missionary Review of the World , volume 41, page 818:

In all these great and vital things which America has discovered to be emergent necessities,

Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.

(botany) Taller than the surrounding vegetation.

(botany, of a water-dwelling plant) Having leaves and flowers above the water.

(video games) Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.

* 2008 , Jim Rossignol, This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities (page 126)

In short, emergent games are ones that allow a huge range of possibilities and don't dictate a strict, linear flow of events. A strategy game is emergent because so many units can interact and have some effect on each other.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Pulsing with energy or activity

He has a vibrant personality.

Lively and vigorous

Vibrating, resonant or resounding

* {{quote-journal

, year=1770 , title=The Empire of Love. / A Philosophical Poem. , journal=Miscellanies, in Verse and Prose, English and Latin , page=111 , publisher=T. Bensley, for J. White , author=Anthony Champion , passage=Mock their pale vigils, void and vain, / Whether, more curious than humane, / Like Augurs old, they pore / On the still-vibrant fibre's frame;}}

* {{quote-book

, title=The Singing of the Future , author=David Thomas Ffrangcon-Davies , publisher=J. Lane , year=1905 , page=258 , passage=A vibrant voice in the true sense is of course desirable}}

(of a colour) bright