Definition of Immersion. Meaning of Immersion. Synonyms of Immersion

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Definition of Immersion

Immersion
Immersion Im*mer"sion, n. [L. immersio; cf. F. immersion.] 1. The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx. 2. Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as, practiced by the Baptists. 3. The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness. Too deep an immersion in the affairs of life. --Atterbury. 4. (Astron.) The dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite; -- opposed to emersion. Immersion lens, a microscopic objective of short focal distance designed to work with a drop of liquid, as oil, between the front lens and the slide, so that this lens is practically immersed.

Meaning of Immersion from wikipedia

- Look up immersion or immersive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Immersion may refer to: "Immersion", a 2012 story by Aliette de Bodard Immersion, a French...
- Immersion baptism (also known as baptism by immersion or baptism by submersion) is a method of baptism that is distinguished from baptism by affusion...
- Baptism (from Koinē Gr****: βάπτισμα, romanized: váptisma, lit. 'immersion, dipping in water') is a Christian sacrament of initiation almost invariably...
- Immersion cooling technology encomp****es systems in which electronic components are directly exposed to and interact with dielectric fluids for cooling...
- Language immersion, or simply immersion, is a technique used in bilingual language education in which two languages are used for instruction in a variety...
- An immersion suit, also known as a survival suit, is a type of waterproof dry suit intended to protect the wearer from hypothermia if immersed in cold...
- Immersion is the third studio album by Australian band Pendulum. The album was announced in early 2009, with the name being confirmed in December 2009...
- Video Immersion is a set of computer graphics processing technologies, used by ATI Technologies in their Radeon video cards. It is the brand name ATI...
- Immersion lithography is a technique used in semiconductor manufacturing to enhance the resolution and accuracy of the lithographic process. It involves...
- In virtual reality (VR), immersion is the perception of being physically present in a non-physical world. The perception is created by surrounding the...