immersion: Meaning and Definition of

im•mer•sion

Pronunciation: (i-mûr'zhun, -shun), [key]
— n.
  1. an act or instance of immersing.
  2. state of being immersed.
  3. state of being deeply engaged or involved; absorption.
  4. baptism in which the whole body of the person is submerged in the water.
  5. Also calledthe entrance of a heavenly body into an eclipse by another body, an occultation, or a transit. Cf. emersion (def. 1).
—adj.
  1. concentrating on one course of instruction, subject, or project to the exclusion of all others for several days or weeks; intensive: an immersion course in conversational French.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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