Immerse

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

Origin

From Latin immersus, from immergō, from in + mergō.

Full definition of immerse

Verb

1. (transitive) To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
2. (transitive) To involve deeplyThe sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
3. (mathematics)
• 2002, Kari Jormakka, Flying Dutchmen: Motion in Architecture (page 40)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.

Synonyms

• submerge

Derived terms

• immersion
• immersive

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.
• Francis BaconAfter a long enquiry of things immerse in matter, I interpose some object which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds.----