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

- Immersion may refer to: Immersion therapy, overcoming fears through confrontation Baptism by immersion Immersion lithography or immersion microscopy,...
- form of baptism among the earliest Christians involved the candidate's immersion, either totally (submerged completely under the water) or partially (standing...
- Language immersion, or simply immersion, is a technique used in bilingual language education in which two languages are used for instruction in a variety...
- In light microscopy, oil immersion is a technique used to increase the resolving power of a microscope. This is achieved by immersing both the objective...
- Immersion baptism (also known as baptism by immersion or baptism by submersion) is a method of baptism that is distinguished from baptism by affusion...
- An immersion blender, stick blender, wand blender, hand blender, or Bermixer (after the brand name of professional models made by Dito-Electrolux) is...
- Server immersion cooling is a computer cooling practice by which computer components such as CPUs, GPUs, SSD and DDR Memory, and other electronics including...
- For a closed immersion in algebraic geometry, see closed immersion. In mathematics, an immersion is a differentiable function between differentiable manifolds...
- Immersion Corporation of San Jose, California, is a developer and licensor of touch feedback technology, also known as haptic technology. It was founded...
- An immersion exhibit is a naturalistic zoo environment that gives visitors the sense of being in the animals' habitats. Buildings and barriers are hidden...
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