Noun
immersion -
a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
baptism a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism"
immersion -
sinking until covered completely with water
submergence ,
submerging ,
submersion
sinking a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength); "after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market" ; "he could not control the sinking of his legs"
immersion -
complete attention; intense mental effort
concentration ,
engrossment ,
absorption
attention a courteous act indicating affection; "she tried to win his heart with her many attentions"
focussing ,
centering ,
focusing ,
focal point ,
focus ,
direction (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back; "the quarterback fumbled the snap"
specialism the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation
immersion -
the act of wetting something by submerging it
submersion ,
ducking ,
dousing
wetting the act of making something wet
immersion -
(astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
ingress
emersion ,
egress the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
disappearance the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
eclipse ,
occultation one celestial body obscures another
astronomy ,
uranology the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
