Pronunciations (3)
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/ɪˈmɜːs/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ɪˈmɜɹs/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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ɪˈmɜː(ɹ)s
Verb
To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas).
Usage- Transitive
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Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
... the two plates of platinum immersed in oxygen and hydrogen gases
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Even after the process of germination has taken place, if the young plant be immersed in an atmosphere of either of those gases [hydrogen and nitrogen], vegetation and life will immediately cease.
The buoyant force of the atmospheric air on solids and liquids immersed in it is for most purposes negligible compared to the weight of solid or liquid, ...
To involve or engage deeply.
Usage- Transitive
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The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
To map into an immersion.
Usage- Transitive
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Thus, in mathematical terms a Klein bottle cannot be "embedded" but only "immersed" in three dimensions as an embedding has no self-intersections but an immersion may have them.
Adjective
Immersed; buried; sunk.
Usage- Obsolete
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After a long enquiry of things immerse in matter, I interpose some object which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds.
Verb
thrust or throw into
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Immerse yourself in hot water
devote (oneself) fully to
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He immersed himself into his studies
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
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The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
cause to be immersed
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The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text