| Immanuel |
in the Old Testament, the symbolic name of the Messiah as prophesied by Isaiah, often identified with Jesus Christ by Christian interpreters. |
| Immanuel Kant |
a German philosopher (b.1724--d.1804). |
| immaterial |
not having relevance or importance; irrelevant. [2 definitions] |
| immature |
not yet fully developed or mature; juvenile. [2 definitions] |
| immeasurable |
impossible to measure; without limit. |
| immediacy |
the condition or quality of being immediate; directness. |
| immediate |
happening without delay; instant. [4 definitions] |
| immediately |
without delay; promptly. [3 definitions] |
| immemorial |
reaching back in time beyond memory or record. |
| immense |
extremely large or vast. [3 definitions] |
| immensely |
in a great degree; very; extremely. |
| immensity |
great distance or extent. [3 definitions] |
| immerse |
to put deeply into or cover with liquid; submerge. [3 definitions] |
| immersion |
an act or instance of immersing or being immersed, or the condition of being immersed. [2 definitions] |
| immersion heater |
an electric coil or rod used to heat liquid while immersed in it. |
| immersive |
making or capable of making one feel deeply involved or engaged; deeply absorbing of one's attention. |
| immigrant |
one who moves permanently to another country from his or her native land. (See "migrant.") [2 definitions] |
| immigrate |
to take up permanent residence in a place or country to which one is not native. [2 definitions] |
| immigration |
the act or process of immigrating. [2 definitions] |
| Immigration Act of 1917 |
an exclusionary law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1917 that barred certain classes of people such as "idiots," "alcoholics," "epileptics," and "illiterates" from immigrating to the U.S. and also barred all immigrants coming from the so-called "Asiatic Barred Zone," which included much of Asia; also referred to as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act. |
| imminence |
the state or condition of being imminent. |