immersion (redirected from cultural immersion)

im·mer·sion  (-mûrzhn, -shn)

n.

1.

a. The act or an instance of immersing.

b. The condition of being immersed.

2. Baptism performed by totally submerging a person in water.

3. Astronomy The obscuring of a celestial body by another or by the shadow of another.

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immersion [ɪˈmɜːʃən]

n

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a form of baptism in which part or the whole of a person's body is submerged in the water

2. (Astronomy) Also called ingress Astronomy the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse or occultation

3. the act of immersing or state of being immersed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	immersion - sinking until covered completely with water submergence, submerging, submersion sinking - a descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic" dip - a brief immersion
	2.	immersion - (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse ingress astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole disappearance - the event of passing out of sight eclipse, occultation - one celestial body obscures another egress, emersion - (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
	3.	immersion - complete attention; intense mental effort engrossment, absorption, concentration attention - the faculty or power of mental concentration; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention" centering, focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction - the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" specialism - the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation study - a state of deep mental absorption; "she is in a deep study"
	4.	immersion - a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged baptism - a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism" trine immersion - baptism by immersion three times (in the names in turn of the Trinity)
	5.	immersion - the act of wetting something by submerging it dousing, ducking, submersion wetting - the act of making something wet

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immersion

noun

1. involvement, concentration, preoccupation, absorption long-term assignments that allowed them total immersion in their subjects

2. dipping, submerging, plunging, ducking, dousing, dunking The wood had become swollen from prolonged immersion.

Translations

immersion [ɪˈmɜːʃən]

A. N (lit) (in liquid) → inmersión f, sumersión f (fig) (in work, thoughts) → absorción f

B. CPD immersion course N → curso m de inmersión
immersion heater N → calentador m de inmersión

immersion [ɪˈmɜː^rʃ^ən] n

(in subject) → immersion f

(in liquid) → immersion f
immersion heater n (British) (= boiler) → chauffe-eau m inv électrique (= device) → thermoplongeur m

immersion

n

(lit) → Eintauchen nt, → Untertauchen nt; after two hours’ immersion in this solution → nach zwei Stunden in dieser Flüssigkeit

(fig) → Vertieftsein nt, → Versunkensein nt

(Eccl) → Taufe f → durch Untertauchen

immersion [ɪˈmɜːʃ/ən] n → immersione f