Immersible vs Immerse - What's the difference?
immersible | immerse |
Not susceptible to harm if immersed in water.
To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.
To involve deeply
(mathematics)
* 2002 , Kari Jormakka, Flying Dutchmen: Motion in Architecture (page 40)
(obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.
* Francis Bacon
As adjectives the difference between immersible and immerse
is that immersible is not susceptible to harm if immersed in water while immerse is (obsolete) immersed; buried; sunk.As a verb immerse is
to put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.immersible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A waterproof camera is by definition immersible .
immerse
English
Verb
(immers)- Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
- 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.
Synonyms
* submergeDerived terms
* immersion * immersiveAdjective
(en adjective)- After a long enquiry of things immerse in matter, I interpose some object which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds.