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How to pronounce submersion in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dousing, ducking, immersion
Type of wetting
Derivation submerge, submerse
Type Words
Synonyms immersion, submergence, submerging
Type of sinking
Has types dip
Derivation submerge, submerse

Examples of submersion

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Central to the work is the theme of submersion, as a metaphor for cultural loss.
From the nbr.co.nz
The gap between iceberg impact and final submersion was a lengthy three hours.
From the irishtimes.com
Another 3,200 end up in emergency rooms being treated for submersion injuries.
From the thenewstribune.com
However, submersion is gaining in popularity within the Latin Catholic Church.
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Some tick species have been observed to survive hours of submersion in fresh water.
From the sciencedaily.com
They are designed to survive temporary submersion and to be self-righting.
From the newscientist.com
Pups can survive submersion in icy water only after they've formed the blubber layer.
From the chron.com
After their submersion, the coral will be able to add to their height, but not until then.
From the independent.co.uk
Experiment with submersion and measure the relative freezing points of several liquids.
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More examples
  • Submergence: sinking until covered completely with water
  • The act of wetting something by submerging it
  • (submersed) submerged: beneath the surface of the water; "submerged rocks"
  • (submersed) subaqueous: growing or remaining under water; "viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat"; "submerged leaves"
  • Submersion is the sustainable cyclic portion of coastal erosion where coastal sediments move from the visible portion of a beach to the submerged nearshore region, and later return to the original visible portion of the beach. ...
  • In mathematics, a submersion is a differentiable map between differentiable manifolds whose differential is everywhere surjective. This is a basic concept in differential topology. The notion of a submersion is dual to the notion of an immersion.
  • Season three of Stargate Atlantis, an American-Canadian television series, began airing on July 21, 2006 on the US-American Sci Fi Channel. The third season concluded after 20 episodes on February 5, 2007 on the Canadian The Movie Network. The series was developed by Brad Wright and Robert C. ...
  • Submersed, sometimes written as SubmerseD, was an American rock band from Stephenville, Texas. They disbanded in 2008.
  • (submersed) Pertaining to a plant normally rooted and remaining underwater, or to a part of such a plant normally held underwater. (see aquatic, emergent)