submersion
noun/səbˈmɜːʃn/
/səbˈmɜːrʒn/
[uncountable]- submersion (of something) (in something) the act or process of going or being put under the surface of water or liquid; the state of being under water or liquid synonym immersion (1)
- The lights must be able to withstand submersion in water.
- Young plants generally die after about five or six days of submersion.
- submersion (of something) (in something) the act of hiding ideas, feelings, opinions, etc. completely
- the submersion of individual identity
- submersion (in something) the state of becoming completely involved in something synonym immersion (2)
- his submersion in the culture of British opera-going
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