immersion

IPA: ɪmˈɝʒʌn

The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.
The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
Deep engagement in something.
(Britain, Ireland, informal) An immersion heater.
(mathematics) A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
(astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.
(education) A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.
One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.

Examples of "immersion" in Sentences

It takes total immersion in the subject.
In other words, it was immersion, not submersion.
Immersion appears to be used in the majority of cases.
Yes, complete immersion is absolutely the best method.
The immersion in hot water also kills the silkworm larvae.
The early bapistries provided ample water for the immersion of adults.
Often, the problem with immersion is feeling lost in a sea of sounds that you have no idea how to make sense out of.
So, but, you know, the flip side of that -- and a lot of psychologists were talking about this -- is, one of the treatments to try and avoid PTSD is what they called immersion therapy.
"He is known for teaching through what he calls immersion experiences: bringing cultural awareness as well as language instruction to the classroom and leading students on 'home stays' in Mexico and Spain," Gist continued.