Origin: Latin suffix -sion
Immersion has 7 different meanings across 1 category:
sinking until covered completely with water
"The diver held her breath as she slowly sank to the bottom, achieving a total immersion in the deep blue sea."
complete attention; intense mental effort
"She forgot all about her phone because she was so caught up in an immersion with the puzzle that it took her twenty minutes to notice dinner was ready."
a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
"During his initiation into the order, he received immersion as a symbolic rebirth where he was fully submerged beneath the water."
the act of wetting something by submerging it
"She carefully performed an immersion test on the new watch to ensure it could withstand being fully submerged in water for hours."
The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.
"The team celebrated their immersion in local culture by learning to cook traditional dishes and speaking only the native language for a week."
The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
"The priest slowly lowered her into the cold pool for her full immersion baptism."