Definition of Submersion

1. Noun. Sinking until covered completely with water.

Exact synonyms: Immersion, Submergence, Submerging
Generic synonyms: Sinking
Specialized synonyms: Dip
Derivative terms: Submerge, Submerge, Submerge, Submerge, Submerge, Submerge, Submerge, Submerse, Submerse

2. Noun. The act of wetting something by submerging it.
Exact synonyms: Dousing, Ducking, Immersion
Generic synonyms: Wetting
Derivative terms: Douse, Duck, Duck, Immerse, Submerge, Submerse

Definition of Submersion

1. n. The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning.

Definition of Submersion

1. Noun. The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; immersion ¹

2. Noun. (mathematics) See submersion (mathematics) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Submersion

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Submersion

submerge
submergeable
submerged
submergence
submergences
submerges
submergible
submerging
submerse
submersed
submerses
submersible
submersible warship
submersibles
submersing
submersion (current term)
submersions
submesoscale
submesoscales
submetacentric
submetacentrics
submetallic
submeter
submetered
submetering
submeters
submethod
submethods
submicrogram
submicrometer

Literary usage of Submersion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Retrospect of Medicine (1858)
"ON THE ASPHYXIA OF submersion. By ATH WATERS, Surgeon to the North Dispensary, Liverpool. A series of experiments, of which a Table is given below, ..."

2. Legal Medicine by Charles Meymott Tidy (1884)
"The air in the lungs at the time of submersion escapes, and water takes its place. ... But after complete submersion in water, about two minutes was the ..."

3. Yang-Mills, Kaluza-Klein, and the Einstein Program by Robert Hermann (1978)
"If the foliation arises from a submersion it: Y + X (ie, if the fibers of it are the leaves of the foliation) then * consists of the vector fields on Y ..."

4. Topics in the Geometric Theory of Linear Systems by Robert Hermann (1984)
"CONDITION THAT + BE A submersion Here is a general definition. Let H and N be manifolds, 11: M + N a differentiable (say of class C”') map. it is said to be ..."

5. Submarine Navigation Past and Present by Alan Hughes Burgoyne (1903)
"Definition of ' submersion' With tliis definition before us it is a simple matter to divide up the various problems of submarine navigation into sections. ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1841)
"< f submersion 12 inches f In sea water. and J 11" fresh water. ... JI J" fresh water" 1 submersion indefinitely small J Jn fa water' L [ In fresh water. ..."

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