English Explanatory Dictionary

immersion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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. Deep engagement in something.
  4. An immersion heater.
  5. A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
  6. 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.
  7. A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.
  8. One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.
  9. A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈmɜːʃən/ /ɪˈmɝʒən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-immersion.wav

Word forms

immersion immersions

Etymology

From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin immersiō, immersiōnem (“dipping”).

Antonyms

emersion

Related words

immerse immerser immersive

Derived words

full immersion immersional immersion blender immersion foot immersion foot syndrome immersionism immersionist immersion journalism immersion lens immersion oil immersion suit nonimmersion parallel immersion postimmersion reimmersion

Translations

Bulgarian: потапяне Catalan: immersió Czech: ponoření Czech: potopení Czech: ponor Dutch: onderdompeling Finnish: upotus Finnish: upottaminen French: immersion German: Eintauchen Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Ancient Greek: βαφή Hungarian: belemerítés Hungarian: belemártás Hungarian: alámerítés Hungarian: belemerülés Hungarian: megmerítkezés Irish: bá Irish: deochadh Irish: folcadh Irish: fothragadh Irish: tumadh Māori: rumakanga Portuguese: imersão Russian: погруже́ние Scottish Gaelic: tumadh Spanish: inmersión Telugu: మునక
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