noun
immersion
ih-MUR-zhun/ɪˈmɜːrʒn/
Complete submersion within a liquid.
Complete immersion covers the watch and chain with water.
Etymology
The pieces describe plunging into something, originally physical submersion. That image extended to absorption in an interest or situation: being deeply involved as though surrounded by it.
In context
the game play breaks the immersion because it's like the world isn't there it's like it doesn't exist unless you stop moving once you move they clip
More examples
- The procedure requires full immersion of the sample in oil.
- Baptism by immersion takes place in a deep pool.
- Repeated immersions in hot water loosen the label.
Forms
immersion · immersions
immerse verb — To put completely under a liquid.
Similar words
- submersion
- Emphasizes the state of being completely beneath a liquid.
- dunking
- Usually means a brief plunge beneath the liquid's surface.