Sekirov Dictionary

immerse

UK /ɪˈmɜːs/US /ɪˈmɜɹs/

verb 3
adjective 1
forms 5

verb3

•
To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas).
- Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
•
To involve or engage deeply.
- The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
•
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

adjective1

•
(no longer used) 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

forms

immersed · immersing · immerses · more immerse · most immerse

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