immersion
noun
1 immersion
Sinking until covered completely with water.
synonyms: submergence, submerging, submersion.
Roget 300: insertion, implantation, introduction; insinuation etc. (intervention) 228; planting, etc. v.; injection, inoculation, importation, infusion; ... show more
Roget 337: water; serum, serosity†; lymph; rheum; diluent; agua [Sp.], aqua, pani†. dilution, maceration, lotion; washing etc. ... show more
Dutch: onderdompeling
2 immersion
astronomy The disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse.
synonym: ingress.
3 immersion
Complete attention; intense mental effort.
synonyms: absorption, concentration, engrossment.
Polish: skupienie, koncentracja
4 immersion
A form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged.
Dutch: onderdompeling
5 immersion
The act of wetting something by submerging it.
synonyms: dousing, ducking, submersion.
Moby thesaurus: absorbed attention, absorption, affusion, application, aspergation, aspersion, baptism, baptismal gown, baptismal regeneration, baptistery, baptizement, bath, bathing, bedewing, burial, chrismal, christening, concentration, contemplation, dampening ... show more.
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