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Webster 1913 Edition

Immersion

Im-mer′sion

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Immersion

IMMER'SION

,
Noun.
The act of putting into a fluid below the surface; the act of plunging into a fluid till covered.
1.
The state of sinking into a fluid.
2.
The state of being overwhelmed or deeply engaged; as an immersion in the affairs of life.
3.
In astronomy, the act of entering into the light of the sun,as a star, so as to be enveloped and invisible to the eye; or the state of being so enveloped. Also, the entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth, at the commencement of an eclipse; or the state of being enveloped in the shadow. It is opposed to emersion.
The time when a star or planet is so near the sun as to be invisible; also,the moment when the moon begins to be darkened, and to enter the shadow of the earth.

Definition 2024

immersion

immersion

English

Noun

immersion ‎(plural immersions)

  1. The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.
  2. The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
  3. (Britain, Ireland, informal) An immersion heater.
  4. (mathematics) A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
  5. (astronomy) 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; opposed to emersion.
  6. (linguistics) A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.

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Finnish

Noun

immersion

  1. Genitive singular form of immersio.

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from Late Latin immersio, immersionem.

Noun

immersion f ‎(plural immersions)

  1. immersion

Related terms

Etymology

From late Middle English, a borrowing from Late Latin immersio, immersionem.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ʒən

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