submersion Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun sinking until covered completely with water
    immersion; submergence; submerging.
  2. noun the act of wetting something by submerging it
    immersion; ducking; dousing.

WordNet

Sub*mer"sion noun
Etymology
L. submersio: cf. F. submersion.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913