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immersion
(encz) | immersion,ponoření n: joe@hw.cz |
Immersion
(gcide) | Immersion \Im*mer"sion\, n. [L. immersio; cf. F. immersion.]
1. The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a
sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of
Achilles in the Styx.
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2. Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism,
as, practiced by the Baptists.
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3. The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep
engagedness.
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Too deep an immersion in the affairs of life.
--Atterbury.
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4. (Astron.) The dissapearance of a celestail body, by
passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a
star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a
satellite; -- opposed to emersion.
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Immersion lens, a microscopic objective of short focal
distance designed to work with a drop of liquid, as oil,
between the front lens and the slide, so that this lens is
practically immersed.
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immersion
(wn) | immersion
n 1: sinking until covered completely with water [syn:
submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion]
2: (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an
eclipse [syn: ingress, immersion] [ant: egress,
emersion]
3: complete attention; intense mental effort [syn:
concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion]
4: a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is
submerged
5: the act of wetting something by submerging it [syn:
submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing] |
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center of immersion
(encz) | center of immersion, n: |
centre of immersion
(encz) | centre of immersion, n: |
immersion foot
(encz) | immersion foot, n: |
immersion heater
(encz) | immersion heater,ponorný ohřívač joe@hw.cz |
trine immersion
(encz) | trine immersion, n: |
Immersion
(gcide) | Immersion \Im*mer"sion\, n. [L. immersio; cf. F. immersion.]
1. The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a
sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of
Achilles in the Styx.
[1913 Webster]
2. Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism,
as, practiced by the Baptists.
[1913 Webster]
3. The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep
engagedness.
[1913 Webster]
Too deep an immersion in the affairs of life.
--Atterbury.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Astron.) The dissapearance of a celestail body, by
passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a
star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a
satellite; -- opposed to emersion.
[1913 Webster]
Immersion lens, a microscopic objective of short focal
distance designed to work with a drop of liquid, as oil,
between the front lens and the slide, so that this lens is
practically immersed.
[1913 Webster] |
Immersion lens
(gcide) | Immersion \Im*mer"sion\, n. [L. immersio; cf. F. immersion.]
1. The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a
sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of
Achilles in the Styx.
[1913 Webster]
2. Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism,
as, practiced by the Baptists.
[1913 Webster]
3. The state of being overhelmed or deeply absorbed; deep
engagedness.
[1913 Webster]
Too deep an immersion in the affairs of life.
--Atterbury.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Astron.) The dissapearance of a celestail body, by
passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a
star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a
satellite; -- opposed to emersion.
[1913 Webster]
Immersion lens, a microscopic objective of short focal
distance designed to work with a drop of liquid, as oil,
between the front lens and the slide, so that this lens is
practically immersed.
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Immersionist
(gcide) | Immersionist \Im*mer"sion*ist\, n. (Eccl.)
One who holds the doctrine that immersion is essential to
Christian baptism.
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center of immersion
(wn) | center of immersion
n 1: (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship
or other floating object [syn: center of buoyancy,
centre of buoyancy, center of immersion, {centre of
immersion}] |
centre of immersion
(wn) | centre of immersion
n 1: (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship
or other floating object [syn: center of buoyancy,
centre of buoyancy, center of immersion, {centre of
immersion}] |
immersion foot
(wn) | immersion foot
n 1: resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from
exposure to cold and wet [syn: trench foot, {immersion
foot}] |
immersion heater
(wn) | immersion heater
n 1: a heating element that is immersed in the liquid that is to
be heated (as in a hot-water tank) |
trine immersion
(wn) | trine immersion
n 1: baptism by immersion three times (in the names in turn of
the Trinity) |
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