immersion
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
immersion/ɪˈmɜːʃn/
▶noun
- 1 the action of immersing or the state of being immersed.
- 2 a method of teaching a foreign language by the exclusive use of that language.
- 3 Astronomy the disappearance of a celestial body in the shadow of or behind another.
'immersion' also found in these Oxford entries:
baptist
- baptistery
- boil
- immerse
- immersion heater
- nepheline
- parkerizing
- siphon
- soak
- trench foot
