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immersion
[ih-mur-zhuhn, -shuhn]
noun
an act or instance of immersing.
state of being deeply engaged or involved; absorption.
baptism in which the whole body of the person is submerged in the water.
Also called ingress.Astronomy.the entrance of a heavenly body into an eclipse by another body, an occultation, or a transit.
adjective
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.
Other 51Թ Forms
- nonimmersion noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of immersion1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Whip in a little extra air with an immersion blender or fold in crème fraîche for something closer to a mousse.
Researchers will test swimmers' saliva to track cortisol levels - a stress-related hormone - before and after cold water immersion.
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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