immersive

[Jonathan Lighter]

The technical sense presumably came first, but here it means "thoroughly
absorbing." Anything more would be distracting and gratuitous.

Try this for size:
 http://www.moviemail.com/blog/cinema-reviews/1009-Elena-immersive-filmmaking-from-the-director-of-The-Return/<http://www.moviemail.com/blog/cinema-reviews/1009-Elena-immersive-filmmaking-from-the-director-of-The-Return/>

Come to think of it, the word may have started its comeback long ago in
connection with "full-immersion" language teaching.



JL

On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
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> > immersive
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> I have seen the word defined in many places, like this:
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> adjective
> noting or pertaining to digital technology or images that deeply involve
> one's senses and may create an altered mental state: immersivemedia;
> immersive 3-D environments.
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> *http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/immersive*
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> This is very different from your definition, and I think it conforms better
> to its use.
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