immersion
Meaning
- The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.
- The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.
- (informal) An immersion heater.
- A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
- The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.
- A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.
- One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.
- A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists.
Synonyms
absorption
flow depth
impregnation pickling
being absorbed in
immergence
insuccation
Christian rite
subergence
sinking under water
submersien
oil immersion
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪˈmɜːʃən/
Etymology
In summary
From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin immersiō, immersiōnem (“dipping”).
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