Immersion — can refer to:* Baptism by immersion * Immersion lithography or immersion microscopy, optical techniques in which liquid is between the objective and image plane in order to raise numerical aperture. * Language immersion * Immersion (mathematics) … Wikipedia
Baptism — This article is about the Christian religious ceremony. For other uses, see Baptism (disambiguation). Baptism of Neophytes by Masaccio, 15th century, Brancacci Chapel, Florence.[ … Wikipedia
baptism — At the time of the Reformation, the sacraments, those ceremonial acts that dramatized biblical events even as they served as a sign of God s presence, became a key issue between Roman Catholics and Protestants and among Protestants themselves … Encyclopedia of Protestantism
immersion — See Baptism by immersion … Glossary of theological terms
Baptism — • One of the Seven Sacraments of the Christian Church; frequently called the first sacrament , the door of the sacraments , and the door of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Baptism Baptism … Catholic encyclopedia
Immersion — Im*mer sion, n. [L. immersio; cf. F. immersion.] 1. The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx. [1913 Webster] 2. Submersion in water for the purpose of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Immersion lens — Immersion Im*mer sion, n. [L. immersio; cf. F. immersion.] 1. The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx. [1913 Webster] 2. Submersion in water for the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Baptism — Bap tism, n. [OE. baptim, baptem, OF. baptesme, batisme, F. bapt[^e]me, L. baptisma, fr. Gr. ba ptisma, fr. bapti zein to baptize, fr. ba ptein to dip in water, akin to baqy s deep, Skr. g[=a]h to dip, bathe, v. i.] The act of baptizing; the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
baptism — [n] church rite; initiation ablution, baptismal, christening, debut, dedication, dunking, immersion, introduction, launching, lustration, purgation, purge, purification, rite of passage, ritual, sanctification, sprinkling; concepts 367,377 … New thesaurus
immersion — [i mʉr′zhən, i mʉr′shən] n. [LL(Ec) immersio] 1. an immersing or being immersed 2. baptism by immersing 3. Astron. [Now Rare] Astron. Now Rare occultation or eclipse … English World dictionary
