Found 4 items, similar to Immersion.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: immersion pencelupan
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: immersion pencelupan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: immersion immersion n 1: sinking until covered completely with water [syn: submergence, submerging, submersion] 2: (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse [syn: ingress] [ant: egress, egress] 3: complete attention; intense mental effort [syn: concentration, engrossment, absorption] 4: a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged 5: the act of wetting something by submerging it [syn: submersion, ducking, dousing]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as, practiced by the Baptists. [1913 Webster] 3. The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep engagedness. [1913 Webster] Too deep an immersion in the affairs of life. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]