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submergence

 
(səb′mər·jəns)

(geology) A change in the relative levels of water and land either from a sinking of the land or a rise of the water level.


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IN BRIEF: n. - Sinking until covered completely with water.

pronunciation The submergence was more than 12 times the depth of the hull.

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