immersing

Verb

immerse (third-person singular simple present immerses, present participle immersing, simple past and past participle immersed)

1. (transitive) To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas).
   • Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.

   Synonyms:

   submerge

2. (transitive) To involve or engage deeply.
   • The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
3. (transitive) To map into an immersion.
   • 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.2002, Kari Jormakka, Flying Dutchmen: Motion in Architecture, page 40

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