"immersion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈmɜːʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈmɝʒən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-immersion.wav [Southern-England] Forms: immersions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən Etymology: From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin immersiō, immersiōnem (“dipping”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|LL.|immersio|immersiō, immersiōnem|t=dipping}} Late Latin immersiō, immersiōnem (“dipping”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} immersion (countable and uncountable, plural immersions)
  1. The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.
    The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism): upotuskaste (Finnish), Untertauchen [neuter] (German), megmerítkezés (Hungarian), alámerülés (Hungarian), keresztelés (Hungarian), keresztség (Hungarian), vízkeresztség (Hungarian), inmersión [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-immersion-en-noun-BXMG85Gd Disambiguation of 'the total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism': 81 2 5 1 3 2 3 2
  2. The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.
    Deep engagement in something.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (deep engagement in something): elmerülés (Hungarian), elmélyedés (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-immersion-en-noun-cLXDOoN7 Disambiguation of 'deep engagement in something': 2 83 3 0 4 1 6 1
  3. (British, Ireland, informal) An immersion heater. Tags: British, Ireland, countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-immersion-en-noun-x6b9rd5T Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 7 29 3 20 11 16 9
  4. (mathematics) A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-immersion-en-noun-BTGwPQQr Topics: mathematics, sciences
  5. (astronomy) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-immersion-en-noun-haZJpTv7 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  6. (education) A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-immersion-en-noun-w7MXa6AT Topics: education
  7. One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-immersion-en-noun-EiDCQPsa
  8. (art) A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-immersion-en-noun-IwyGwTJL Topics: art, arts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: full immersion, immersion blender, immersion foot, immersion journalism, immersion lens, immersion oil, parallel immersion Related terms: immerse, immerser, immersive Translations (in mathematics): 浸入 (jìnrù) (Chinese Mandarin), immersion [feminine] (French), Immersion [feminine] (German), imersão [feminine] (Portuguese) Translations (the act of immersing or the condition of being immersed): βαφή (baphḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), потапяне (potapjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), immersió [feminine] (Catalan), ponoření [neuter] (Czech), potopení [neuter] (Czech), ponor [masculine] (Czech), onderdompeling (Dutch), upotus (Finnish), upottaminen (Finnish), immersion [feminine] (French), Eintauchen [neuter] (German), 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (daupeins) [feminine] (Gothic), belemerítés (english: act led by another) (Hungarian), belemártás (Hungarian), alámerítés (Hungarian), belemerülés (english: condition) (Hungarian), megmerítkezés (Hungarian), [masculine] (Irish), deochadh [masculine] (Irish), folcadh [masculine] (Irish), fothragadh [masculine] (Irish), tumadh [masculine] (Irish), rumakanga (Maori), imersão (Portuguese), погруже́ние (pogružénije) [neuter] (Russian), tumadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), inmersión [feminine] (Spanish), మునక (munaka) (Telugu)
Disambiguation of 'in mathematics': 16 22 0 21 18 0 17 7 Disambiguation of 'the act of immersing or the condition of being immersed': 45 45 3 1 3 1 3 1

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      "word": "onderdompeling"
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      "word": "belemerülés"
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      "sense": "the act of immersing or the condition of being immersed",
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      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "munaka",
      "sense": "the act of immersing or the condition of being immersed",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "in mathematics",
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