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

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im•mer•sion (ɪˈmɜr ʒən, -ʃən)

n.

1. an act or instance of immersing.

2. the state of being immersed.

3. baptism in which the whole body of the person is submerged in the water.

4. Also called ingress. the entrance of a heavenly body into an eclipse by another body, an occultation, or a transit.

[1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin]

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

im·mer·sion

n.  inmersión, sumersión de un cuerpo o materia en un líquido.