| immersion | | |
| n. | 1. immersion, submergence, submerging, submersion | sinking until covered completely with water. |
| ~ sinking | a descent as through liquid (especially through water).; "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic" |
| ~ dip | a brief immersion. |
| n. | 2. immersion, ingress | (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse. |
| ~ astronomy, uranology | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole. |
| ~ disappearance | the event of passing out of sight. |
| ~ eclipse, occultation | one celestial body obscures another. |
| n. | 3. absorption, concentration, engrossment, immersion | complete attention; intense mental effort. |
| ~ attention | the faculty or power of mental concentration.; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention" |
| ~ centering, focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction | the concentration of attention or energy on something.; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" |
| ~ specialism | the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation. |
| ~ study | a state of deep mental absorption.; "she is in a deep study" |
| n. | 4. immersion | a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged. |
| ~ baptism | a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth.; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism" |
| ~ trine immersion | baptism by immersion three times (in the names in turn of the Trinity). |
| n. | 5. dousing, ducking, immersion, submersion | the act of wetting something by submerging it. |
| ~ wetting | the act of making something wet. |
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