Meanings
nounsubmergence (countable and uncountable, plural submergences)
plural submergences
- countableuncountableThe act of submerging or the state of being submerged; submersion.
The covering up of a complex of apartments on the north-east, and the simultaneous submergence of many floor deposits, mean that Middle Minoan III., like the two preceding periods, was closed by a general catastrophe.
1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 84
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submergence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submergence
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“submergence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submergence. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “submergence,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submergence.
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