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IMMERSION (Lat. immersio, dipping),

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IMMERSION (Lat. immersio, dipping),

IMMERSION (See also:
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Lat. immersio, dipping), . the See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of being plunged into a fluid, or being overwhelmed by anything; in See also:

ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, the disappearance of a heavenly See also:

BODY

body in the See also:

SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

shadow of another, especially of a See also:

SATELLITE (from the Lat. satelles, an attendant)

satellite in the shadow of its See also:

PRIMARY

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