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1. (n.) immersion
an act or instance of immersing.
2. immersion
the state of being immersed.
3. immersion
baptism in which the whole body of the person is submerged in the water.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME < LL)
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| Definition of 'Immersion' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion
sinking until covered completely with water
2. (noun) ingress, immersion
(astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
3. (noun) concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion
complete attention; intense mental effort
4. (noun) immersion
a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
5. (noun) submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing
the act of wetting something by submerging it
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Immersion
the act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx
2. (noun) Immersion
submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as, practiced by the Baptists
3. (noun) Immersion
the state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness
4. (noun) Immersion
the dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite; -- opposed to emersion
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Immersion
The placing of a body or a part thereof into a liquid.
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Sense: to put completely under the surface of a liquid
She immersed the vegetables in boiling water.
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 Afrikaans: onderdompeling |
 Arabic: غَمْر، إنْغِمار، تَغْميس |
 Bulgarian: потапяне |
 Brazilian: imersão |
 Czech: ponoření |
 German: das Eintauchen |
 Danish: dypning |
 Greek: εμβάπτιση, βύθιση |
 Spanish: inmersión, sumersión |
 Estonian: vettekastmine |
 Farsi: غوطه وری |
 Finnish: upotus |
 French: immersion |
 Hebrew: טְבִילָה |
 Hindi: निमज्जन |
 Croatian: uranjanje |
 Hungarian: be(le)merítés |
 Indonesian: pembenaman |
 Icelandic: kaffæring; það að sökkva |
 Italian: immersione |
 Japanese: 浸すこと |
 Korean: 담금 |
 Lithuanian: panardinimas |
 Latvian: iegremdēšana |
 Malay: perendaman |
 Dutch: onderdompeling |
 Norwegian: neddypping, nedsenking |
 Polish: zanurzenie |
 Persian: غوطه وری |
 Pashto: ډوبېدنه، غوټه |
 Portuguese: imersão |
 Romanian: (s)cufundare |
 Russian: погружение |
 Slovak: ponorenie |
 Slovenian: potopitev |
 Serbian: potapanje |
 Swedish: nedsänkning, neddoppning |
 Thai: การจุ่ม |
 Turkish: daldırma, batırma |
 Taiwanese: 沉浸 |
 Ukrainian: занурення |
 Urdu: ڈبونے کا عمل |
 Vietnamese: sự nhúng |
 Chinese: 沉浸 |
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