submersion, immersion, ducking, dousing
(noun) the act of wetting something by submerging it
submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion
(noun) sinking until covered completely with water
Source: WordNet® 3.1
submersion (countable and uncountable, plural submersions)
The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; immersion
(mathematics) A differentiable map whose differential is everywhere surjective.
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*mer"sion, n. Etym: [L. submersio: cf. F. submersion.]
1. The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning.
2. The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 June 2024
(verb) refuse to accept or acknowledge; “I reject the idea of starting a war”; “The journal rejected the student’s paper”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
