submersion
pronunciation
How to pronounce submersion in British English:
UK [səb'mɜ:ʃn]
How to pronounce submersion in American English:
US [səb'mɜʃn]
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- Noun:
- sinking until covered completely with water
- the act of wetting something by submerging it
Word Origin
- submersion (n.)
- early 15c., "suffocation by being plunged into water," from Late Latin submersionem (nominative submersio) "a sinking, submerging," noun of action from past participle stem of submergere "to sink" (see submerge). General sense from early 17c.
Example
- 1. During his submersion the photographer contracted several tropical diseases , including malaria
- 2. You 're sure she was alive at the time of submersion ?
- 3. Vienna restaurant is located at the hall , it adopted the opening submersion - like layout , and everywhere combined the europe and the continent character and style .
- 4. It was also demonstrated that the taxodium ascendens seedlings could not only tolerate water submersion and wet condition but also endure a certain degree of drought .