immersion

Found in thesaurus: sinking, disappearance, attention, baptism, wetting

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immersion
n. submersion, act of covering with a liquid; baptism; state of being engrossed in some activity, absorption; ingress, eclipse (Astronomy)

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immersion

Noun
1. sinking until covered completely with water
(synonym) submergence, submerging, submersion
(hypernym) sinking
(hyponym) dip
2. (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
(synonym) ingress
(antonym) egress, emersion
(hypernym) disappearance
(part-holonym) eclipse, occultation
(classification) astronomy, uranology
3. complete attention; intense mental effort
(synonym) concentration, engrossment, absorption
(hypernym) attention
(hyponym) focus, focusing, focussing, direction, centering
(derivation) steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
4. a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
(hypernym) baptism
(hyponym) trine immersion
5. the act of wetting something by submerging it
(synonym) submersion, ducking, dousing
(hypernym) wetting
(derivation) plunge, immerse


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immersion
nf. submersion, immersion, diving

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immersion
n. ponoření; imerze; pohroužení se do čeho