Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of submerging, or plunging under water: the state of being submerged; submersion; hence, a sinking out of sight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the act of
submerging or the state of beingsubmerged ;submersion
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sinking until covered completely with water
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Examples
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Problems of long-term submergence of the ricefield after the fish were reared were avoided.
Chapter 7 1995
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Such figures have been termed submergence cohesion figures; they are vortex rings.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Various
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"submergence" of Natasha's Pearl character and, in some way, the end of her time in New York with her boyfriend.
unknown title 2009
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In the wake of climate change, Bikini Atoll is slated for submergence under the rising waters of the South Pacific.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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In the wake of climate change, Bikini Atoll is slated for submergence under the rising waters of the South Pacific.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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If Persephone at any time resoundly succeeds, it's in the long passages when Ben Neill's "mutant trumpet" meshes with the haunting time-lapse cinematography and organic montage of Bill Morrison, the enthralling scrim projections of Laurie Olinder, and Jim Ambrosone's precision lighting to effect the ellipses of dream, aquatic submergence, and soaring bird's eye views accessible only with the omniscience of gods.
G. Roger Denson: Julia Stiles and Mimi Goese Take On Godly Sexual Politics at BAM G. Roger Denson 2010
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If Persephone at any time resoundly succeeds, it's in the long passages when Ben Neill's "mutant trumpet" meshes with the haunting time-lapse cinematography and organic montage of Bill Morrison, the enthralling scrim projections of Laurie Olinder, and Jim Ambrosone's precision lighting to effect the ellipses of dream, aquatic submergence, and soaring bird's eye views accessible only with the omniscience of gods.
G. Roger Denson: Julia Stiles and Mimi Goese Take On Godly Sexual Politics at BAM G. Roger Denson 2010
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If Persephone at any time resoundly succeeds, it's in the long passages when Ben Neill's "mutant trumpet" meshes with the haunting time-lapse cinematography and organic montage of Bill Morrison, the enthralling scrim projections of Laurie Olinder, and Jim Ambrosone's precision lighting to effect the ellipses of dream, aquatic submergence, and soaring bird's eye views accessible only with the omniscience of gods.
G. Roger Denson: Julia Stiles and Mimi Goese Take On Godly Sexual Politics at BAM G. Roger Denson 2010
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Land along rivers is usually characterized by floodplain levels related to past submergence in times of high water.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Land along rivers is usually characterized by floodplain levels related to past submergence in times of high water.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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