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immersion

[ih-mur-zhuhn, -shuhn]

noun

  1. an act or instance of immersing.

  2. state of being immersed. immersed.

  3. state of being deeply engaged or involved; absorption.

  4. baptism in which the whole body of the person is submerged in the water.

  5. Also called ingress.Astronomy.the entrance of a heavenly body into an eclipse by another body, an occultation, or a transit.



adjective

  1. concentrating on one course of instruction, subject, or project to the exclusion of all others for several days or weeks; intensive.

    an immersion course in conversational French.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonimmersion noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of immersion1

1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin ō- (stem of ō ) a dipping in. See immerse, -ion
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Such immersion helped the trio of actors lose themselves in “The Agency’s” high-stakes workplace drama, where government secrets and transactional dynamics rule day-to-day operations.

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No fan of Dyer’s, whose many books have ranged from a bizarre if thrilling immersion in the psyches of American jazz musicians to a volume about procrastinating while trying to write about D.H.

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Whip in a little extra air with an immersion blender or fold in crème fraîche for something closer to a mousse.

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Researchers will test swimmers' saliva to track cortisol levels - a stress-related hormone - before and after cold water immersion.

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We used an immersion blender, which was fun, but I still loved the fundamental simplicity of the bowl-and-whisk approach.

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