immersion

immersion

Fait de se consacrer pleinement à une activité ou de vivre au contact constant d’une langue ou culture.

En anglais simple : Being deeply involved in an activity or surrounded by a language or culture.

• Immersion helped me learn Spanish.
• The course offers complete immersion in the language.
• His long immersion in research left little time for friends.

Comment l'utiliser : immersion in something (Her immersion in local life helped her understand the culture.)

Synonymes : involvement, absorption

Expressions courantes : language immersion, immersion in something, total immersion

baptême par immersion, immersion

Plonger entièrement une personne dans l’eau lors d’une cérémonie chrétienne de baptême.

En anglais simple : Putting a person completely under water as part of a Christian religious ceremony.

• The church practices baptism by immersion.
• Her immersion took place in the river.
• The priest explained the meaning of immersion before the ceremony.

Expressions courantes : baptism by immersion, full immersion

immersion

Sensation d’être tellement absorbé par une histoire ou un jeu que son univers semble réel.

En anglais simple : Feeling so involved in a story or game that its imaginary world seems real.

• The music adds to the game’s immersion.
• Frequent errors broke my immersion in the story.
• Realistic characters create a strong sense of immersion.

Synonymes : absorption

Expressions courantes : break immersion, player immersion, sense of immersion

thermoplongeur

Appareil électrique placé dans un réservoir pour chauffer l’eau.

En anglais simple : An electric device inside a water tank that heats the water.

• The immersion heats our water.
• Did you leave the immersion on overnight?
• We replaced the broken immersion before winter.

Synonymes : immersion heater

Expressions courantes : switch the immersion, immersion switch