Dictionary

immerse en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ɪˈmɜɹs/ (General-American)
• /ɪˈmɜːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin immersus, from immergō, from in + mergō.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.
   • After a long enquiry of things immerse in matter, I interpose some object which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

Forms

immerse en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ɪˈmɜɹs/ (General-American)
• /ɪˈmɜːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin immersus, from immergō, from in + mergō.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas).
   • 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. 1841, William Rhind, A history of the vegetable kingdom, page 110:
   • 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, ... 1955, George Shortley, Dudley Williams, Elements of Physics for Students of Science and Engineering:
   • Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
   • ... the two plates of platinum immersed in oxygen and hydrogen gases 1883, The Electrical Journal, page 501:
2. (transitive) To involve or engage deeply.
   • The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
3. (transitive) To map into an immersion.
   • 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. 2002, Kari Jormakka, Flying Dutchmen: Motion in Architecture, page 40:

Forms

Deriveds

immerser · immersive · immersion · reimmerse · immersible · immersable

Synonyms

submerge

Translations (50)

it immergersi (to involve deeply) · ru погружа́ться (to involve deeply) · te ముంచు (to put under the surface of a liquid) · de eintauchen (to put under the surface of a liquid) · fr immerger (to put under the surface of a liquid) · pl zanurzyć (to put under the surface of a liquid) · fi syventyä (to involve deeply) · mi rumaki (to put under the surface of a liquid) · ru погрузи́ть (to put under the surface of a liquid) · sq zhyt (to involve deeply) · mi whakaruku (to put under the surface of a liquid) · pt submergir (to put under the surface of a liquid) · bg въвличам (to involve deeply) · pl absorbować (to involve deeply) · ru уйти́ с голово́й (to involve deeply) · ru погружа́ть (to put under the surface of a liquid) · eo mergi (to put under the surface of a liquid) · bg забърквам (to involve deeply) · ru погрузи́ться (to involve deeply) · de vertiefen (to involve deeply) · it immergere (to put under the surface of a liquid) · hi डुबाना (to put under the surface of a liquid) · bg потапям (to put under the surface of a liquid) · ur ڈُبانا (to put under the surface of a liquid) · ro scufunda (to put under the surface of a liquid) · nl onderdompelen (to put under the surface of a liquid) · nl opgaan (to involve deeply) · sq zhyt (to put under the surface of a liquid) · wyi gooroong-ki (to put under the surface of a liquid) · fi uppoutua (to involve deeply) · ml മുക്കുക (to put under the surface of a liquid) · pl zanurzać (to put under the surface of a liquid) · mi kōuru (to put under the surface of a liquid) · es inmergir (to put under the surface of a liquid) · fi upottaa (to put under the surface of a liquid) · la mergō (to put under the surface of a liquid) · ro se implica (to involve deeply) · qu chinkaykuy (to put under the surface of a liquid) · pt imergir (to put under the surface of a liquid) · haw hoʻoluʻu (to put under the surface of a liquid) · vi nhúng (to put under the surface of a liquid) · fr immerger (to involve deeply) · ga tum (to put under the surface of a liquid) · id menenggelamkan (to put under the surface of a liquid) · ml മുഴുകുക (to involve deeply) · ru окуну́ть (to put under the surface of a liquid) · got 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to put under the surface of a liquid) · ru окуна́ть (to put under the surface of a liquid) · sc imbèrghere (to put under the surface of a liquid) · pl zaabsorbować (to involve deeply)