immerse
/ɪˈmɜɹs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.94 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water."
- "... the two plates of platinum immersed in oxygen and hydrogen gases"
- "Even after the process of germination has taken place, if the young plant be immersed in an atmosphere of either of those gases [hydrogen and nitrogen], vegetation and life will immediately cease."
- "The buoyant force of the atmospheric air on solids and liquids immersed in it is for most purposes negligible compared to the weight of solid or liquid, ..."
- "The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies."
- "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."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin immersus, from immergō, from in + mergō.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: immersus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪˈmɜɹs/
- British English: /ɪˈmɜːs/
Usage
Inflected Forms
immerses (present, singular)
immersing (participle, present)
immersed (participle, past)
immersed (past)
more immerse (comparative)
most immerse (superlative)