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Immersible vs Immerse - What's the difference?

immersible | immerse |

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)
  • Not susceptible to harm if immersed in water.
  • A waterproof camera is by definition immersible .

    immerse

    English

    Verb

    (immers)
  • To put under the surface of a liquid; to dunk.
  • Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
  • To involve deeply
  • The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
  • (mathematics)
  • * 2002 , Kari Jormakka, Flying Dutchmen: Motion in Architecture (page 40)
  • 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

    * submerge

    Derived terms

    * immersion * immersive

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • 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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