submersion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: submersion	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
submersion n sinking until covered completely with water [syn: submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion] the act of wetting something by submerging it Synonym(s): submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Submersion \Sub*mer"sion\, n. [L. submersio: cf. F. submersion.] 1. The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning. 2. The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned.