- submergence
- submerge ► VERB 1) cause to be under water. 2) descend below the surface of water. 3) completely cover or obscure.DERIVATIVES submergence noun.ORIGIN Latin submergere, from mergere 'to dip' .
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Submergence — Sub*mer gence, n. [From L. submergens, p. pr.] The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
submergence — tendency for fishes of higher latitudes to seek deeper (colder, darker) water towards the tropics. Also called equatorial submergence, e.g. Cottidae, Zoarcidae … Dictionary of ichthyology
submergence — noun see submerge … New Collegiate Dictionary
submergence — See submerge. * * * … Universalium
submergence — noun the act of submerging or the state of being submerged; submersion … Wiktionary
submergence — Synonyms and related words: baptism, breaking water, burial, cadence, catenary, concavity, crash dive, de escalation, debasement, decline, decurrence, degradation, demotion, depression, descent, detrusion, diminution, dip, dipping, displacement,… … Moby Thesaurus
submergence — n. act or process of being submerged, state of being submerged, immersion … English contemporary dictionary
submergence — sub·mer·gence … English syllables
submergence — See: submerge … English dictionary
submergence — As it concerns the proprietorship of land, consists in the disappearance of land under water and the formation of a more or less navigable body over it. Michelsen v. Leskowicz, 269 App.Div. 693, 55 N.Y. S.2d 831, 838 … Black's law dictionary
