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English Dictionary: immersion	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for immersion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immersion n sinking until covered completely with water [syn: submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion] (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse Synonym(s): ingress, immersion Antonym(s): egress, emersion complete attention; intense mental effort Synonym(s): concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged the act of wetting something by submerging it Synonym(s): submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Immersion \Immer"sion\, n. [L. immersio; cf. F. immersion.] 1. 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. Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as, practiced by the Baptists. 3. The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness. Too deep an immersion in the affairs of life. --Atterbury. 4. (Astron.) 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}. {Immersion lens}, a microscopic objective of short focal distance designed to work with a drop of liquid, as oil, between the front lens and the slide, so that this lens is practically immersed.