Immersion

Word IMMERSION
Character 9
Hyphenation im mer sion
Pronunciations /ɪˈmɝʒən/

Definitions and meanings of "Immersion"

What do we mean by immersion?

The act or an instance of immersing. noun

The condition of being immersed. noun

Baptism performed by totally submerging a person in water. noun

The obscuring of a celestial body by another or by the shadow of another. noun

The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking or dipping into a fluid. noun

Specifically A mode of administering baptism by dipping or plunging the whole person into water. noun

Figuratively, the act of overwhelming, or the state of being deeply engaged; absorption: as, immersion in scientific studies. noun

In astronomy, the disappearance of a celestial body by passing either behind another or into its shadow: opposed to emersion. noun

In microscopy, the placing of a drop of liquid, such as water, between the object-glass and the object. noun

In ceramics, the application of the glaze to a piece of pottery by plunging it into a vessel filled with the glaze in a liquid state. noun

An antiquated term for the introduction of a solid substance into a liquid reagent in order to produce chemical change, as the calcination of tin by immersion in nitric acid. noun

The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping. noun

Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, . noun

The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness. noun

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. noun

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. noun

The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed noun

The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism noun

An immersion heater noun

The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.

An immersion heater.

A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.

The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.

A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Immersion

The word "immersion" in example sentences

So, but, you know, the flip side of that -- and a lot of psychologists were talking about this -- is, one of the treatments to try and avoid PTSD is what they called immersion therapy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"He is known for teaching through what he calls immersion experiences: bringing cultural awareness as well as language instruction to the classroom and leading students on 'home stays' in Mexico and Spain," Gist continued. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Often, the problem with immersion is feeling lost in a sea of sounds that you have no idea how to make sense out of. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yes, complete immersion is absolutely the best method. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Immersion and method acting can use some of the same techniques, like affective memory and substitution, but immersion is arguably purer because there is no external audience to please which requires classical acting techniques to be admixed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have to agree that immersion is the only sure method to REALLY learn French. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yet this argument would seem to be contradicted by the countless numbers of children who grow up with two or more languages concurrently – e.g. immigrant children, children with mixed nationality parents, children in immersion classroom settings etc – where the capacity to switch codes and even cultures is seemingly effortless. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I had a discussion with a couple after the inciting RPG. net column, and they tend to feel that immersion is easier in or more relevant to LARPing than tabletop. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Travel/immersion is by far the best way to learn and practice French, although not always affordable or practicable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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