Submersion

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; immersion
  • noun. See submersion (mathematics)
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of wetting something by submerging it
  • noun. sinking until covered completely with water
  • Word Usage
    "Bleaching, warping, and cortical flaking suggested long-term submersion in water."
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    wetting  
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