SUBMERSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does submersion mean? 

• SUBMERSION (noun)
  The noun SUBMERSION has 2 senses:

1. sinking until covered completely with water

2. the act of wetting something by submerging it

  Familiarity information: SUBMERSION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBMERSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sinking until covered completely with water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

immersion; submergence; submerging; submersion

Hypernyms ("submersion" is a kind of...):

sinking (a descent as through liquid (especially through water))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "submersion"):

dip (a brief immersion)

Derivation:

submerge (sink below the surface; go under or as if under water)

submerse (put under water)

submerse (sink below the surface; go under or as if under water)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of wetting something by submerging it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

dousing; ducking; immersion; submersion

Hypernyms ("submersion" is a kind of...):

wetting (the act of making something wet)

Derivation:

submerge; submerse (put under water)

 Context examples 

Administration of a medicinal product via partial or complete submersion in a specified environment such as liquid or air.

(Immersion Route of Exposure, NCI Thesaurus)