English noun: immersion |
1. | immersion (event) sinking until covered completely with water |
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| Synonyms | submergence, submerging, submersion |
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| Broader (hypernym) | sinking |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | dip |
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2. | immersion (event) (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse |
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| Synonyms | ingress |
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| Broader (hypernym) | disappearance |
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| Part meronym | eclipse, occultation |
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| Domain category | astronomy, uranology |
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| Antonyms | egress, emersion |
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3. | immersion (cognition) complete attention; intense mental effort |
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| Synonyms | absorption, concentration, engrossment |
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| Broader (hypernym) | attention |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | centering, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing, specialism, study |
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4. | immersion (act) a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged |
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| Broader (hypernym) | baptism |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | trine immersion |
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5. | immersion (act) the act of wetting something by submerging it |
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| Synonyms | dousing, ducking, submersion |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wetting |
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