immerse

UK /ɪˈmɜːs/ US /ɪˈmɝs/
verb 3adj 1

Definitions

verb

1

To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas).

Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.

... the two plates of platinum immersed in oxygen and hydrogen gases

2

To involve or engage deeply.

The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.

3

To map into an immersion.

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.

adj

1

Immersed; buried; sunk.

After a long enquiry of things immerse in matter, I interpose some object which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds.

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