submersion

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noun

The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; immersion

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submergencesubmergingimmersionduckingdousing
OriginLatin summersio →
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Meanings

nounsubmersion (countable and uncountable, plural submersions)

plural submersions

  1. countableuncountableThe act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; immersion
  2. countableuncountablemathematicsA differentiable map whose differential is everywhere surjective.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsinking until covered completely with water

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submergencesubmergingimmersion
Broader
sinking

nounthe act of wetting something by submerging it

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immersionduckingdousing
Broader
wetting
Also see
dousingduckingimmersionsubmergencesubmersal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinsummersio
  2. Latinsummersio
  3. Englishsubmersion

Borrowed from Latin summersio, summersionem.

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Translations

German Submersion
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Irish folcadh, iombhá
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Italian immersione, sommersione
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Portuguese submersão
  • submersãoTranslations
Spanish sumersión, sumergimiento
  • sumersiónTranslations
  • sumergimientoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

submersion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submersion

MLA

“submersion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submersion. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “submersion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submersion.

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