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IMMERSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of wetting something by submerging it
Synonyms:
dousing; ducking; immersion; submersion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("immersion" is a kind of...):
wetting (the act of making something wet)
Derivation:
immerse (cause to be immersed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("immersion" is a kind of...):
baptism (a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immersion"):
trine immersion (baptism by immersion three times (in the names in turn of the Trinity))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Complete attention; intense mental effort
Synonyms:
absorption; concentration; engrossment; immersion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("immersion" is a kind of...):
attention (the faculty or power of mental concentration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immersion"):
centering; direction; focal point; focus; focusing; focussing (the concentration of attention or energy on something)
specialism (the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation)
study (a state of deep mental absorption)
Derivation:
immerse (devote (oneself) fully to)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
Synonyms:
immersion; ingress
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("immersion" is a kind of...):
disappearance (the event of passing out of sight)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Holonyms ("immersion" is a part of...):
eclipse; occultation (one celestial body obscures another)
Antonym:
emersion ((astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Sinking until covered completely with water
Synonyms:
immersion; submergence; submerging; submersion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("immersion" is a kind of...):
sinking (a descent as through liquid (especially through water))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immersion"):
dip (a brief immersion)
