Look up: immersion

1. immersion
   Type: Term Pronunciation: i-mer′zhŭn Definitions: 1. The placing of a body under water or other liquid. 2. microscopy filling the space between the objective lens and the top of the cover glass with a fluid, such as water or oil, to reduce spheric aberration and increase effective numeric...
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2. immersion
   [n] - a form of baptism in which part or all of a person`s body is submerged
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3. Immersion
   Im·mer'sion noun [ Latin immersio ; confer French 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 ...
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4. 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 engag...
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5. immersion
   noun a form of baptism in which part or all of a person`s body is submerged
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6. Immersion
   • (n.) 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. • (n.) The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; a...
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7. immersion
   (from the article `Baptist`) ...in newness of life, then the act of baptism must reflect these terms. The sign must be consonant with that which it signifies. It is for this ... ...in 1809 to plead for the `unity, peace, and purity` of the church. Soon its members formed the Brush Run Church and ordained his son Alexander, ......
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8. immersion
   
   • covering completely with water
   • a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
   • the act of submerging something
   
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9. Immersion
   In language immersion, all learning is carried out in a language that is not the student's native language.
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10. Immersion
    In astronomy, immersion is the disappearance of one heavenly body behind another or into its shadow. Immersion occurs at the beginning, and emergence at the end of an occultation or an eclipse.
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11. Immersion
    (mathematics) , immersed in 3-space. In mathematics, an `immersion` is a differentiable map between differentiable manifolds whose derivative is everywhere injective. Explicitly, f : M → N is an immersion if :<math>D_pf : T_p M o T_{f(p)}N,</math> is an inje...
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12. Immersion
    (artists) `Immersion` are a sound and art duo composed of Wire & Githead`s Colin Newman & Minimal Compact & Githead`s Malka Spigel. The duo made 3 albums in the 90`s on the swim ~ label and also made video-driven performances in venues such as the Royal Festival Hall in London and...
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13. Immersion
    (virtual reality) Installation view of Irrationnal Geometrics 2008 `Immersion` is the state of consciousness where an immersant`s awareness of physical self is diminished or lost by being surrounded in an engrossing total environment; often artificial.--> The term is widely used for de...
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14. Immersion
    (album) `Immersion` is the third studio album from Australian electronic rock/drum & bass band Pendulum. The album was announced in early 2009, with the name being confirmed in December 2009.<ref name="album name">http://www.pendulum.com/news,pendulum-announce-live-tou...
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