1. The act of wetting something by submerging it
   "The immersion of the tea bag released its flavour";
   - submersion, ducking, dousing
    
2. Sinking until covered completely with water
   "The immersion of the submarine was swift and silent";
   - submergence, submerging, submersion
    
3. A form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
   "The river was often used for baptism by immersion"; "Full immersion baptism symbolizes being buried with Christ and rising to new life"
    
4. (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
   "We watched the immersion of the moon into Earth's shadow";
   - ingress
    
5. Complete attention; intense mental effort
   "Her immersion in the project led to a breakthrough";
   - concentration, engrossment, absorption

Sounds like: iliac, ilsion, emer

Derived forms: immersions

Type of: attention, baptism, disappearance, sinking, wetting

Antonym: egress

Part of: eclipse, occultation

Encyclopedia: Immersion