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Immersion(medicine)
immersion(dictionary)
immersion heater(dictionary)
immersion of a lens(medicine)
immersion objective(medicine)
immersion medium(medicine)
immersion liquid(medicine)
immersion lens(medicine)
immersion foot(medicine)

immersion (iou)



immersion noun. Also (now rare) emersion. L15.
[Late Latin immersio(n-), from Latin immers-: see IMMERSE, -ION.]
Immersing or being immersed; fig. absorption in an activity or condition. L15.
Addison The Doctor..gives her Two or Three total Emersions in the Cold Bath. M. Ignatieff Our dull and patient immersion in the records of the past.
b. The administration of Christian baptism by plunging the whole person in water. M17.
Astronomy. The disappearance of a celestial object behind another or into its shadow, as in an eclipse or occultation. L17.
A method of teaching a foreign language by the exclusive use of that language, usu. at a special school. Chiefly N. Amer. M20.
attrib.: Time I've been taking immersion courses in French.
Comb.: immersion foot Medicine trench foot; immersion heater an electric heater designed for direct immersion in a liquid to be heated, esp. as a fixture in a hot-water tank; immersion suit: designed to give the wearer buoyancy and insulation when in the water.
immersionism noun the doctrine or practice of immersion in baptism M19.
immersionist noun an adherent of immersionism M19.