Immersion
[ɪ'mɜːʃ(ə)n] or [ɪ'mɝʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged.
Edited by Katy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as, practiced by the Baptists.
(n.) The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness.
(n.) 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.
Edited by Ervin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Dipping, plunging.[2]. Engagement, absorption.[3]. (Astron.) Disappearance, occultation.
Editor: Mamie
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See IMMERSE]
Typist: Nora
Examples
- Ursula was troubled and bewildered, they were both oblivious of everything but their own immersion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They are applied either by immersion, coating, injecting, vapors, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The height of the water in the bath is regulated by the depth of immersion of the tube in it. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- After immersion the article must be taken out and thoroughly rinsed in a number of waters (warm preferred), then dried with a soft rag or sawdust. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- And I find that several species in this state withstand uninjured an immersion in sea-water during seven days. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- ELECTRIC IMMERSION HEATER] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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