Meaning of INSERTION
| Pronunciation: | | in'surshun
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- [n] the act of putting one thing into another
- [n] a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins"
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| | Synonyms: | | interpolation, introduction, intromission |
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| | See Also: | | blood transfusion, cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, canulization, content, enclosing, enclosure, envelopment, inclosure, injection, instillation, instillment, instilment, intubation, message, movement, perfusion, subject matter, substance, transfusion | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*ser"tion\, n. [L. insertio: cf. F. insertion. See
{Insert}.]
1. The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in
stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.
2. The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as,
the insertion of stamens in a calyx.
3. That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow
strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric.
4. (Anat.) The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is
attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction
to its origin.
{Epigynous insertion} (Bot.), the insertion of stamens upon
the ovary.
{Hypogynous insertion} (Bot.), insertion beneath the ovary.
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| | Definition: | | A chromosome abnormality in which a piece of DNA is incorporated into a gene and thereby disrupts the gene's normal function. |
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| | Related Terms: | | access, admission, apogee, aside, attitude-control rocket, ballistic capsule, booking, burn, capsule, cataloging, chronicling, deep-space ship, docking, docking maneuver, Earth insertion, enlistment, enrollment, entering, entrance, entree, entry, episode, ferry rocket, fuel ship, impanelment, import, importation, importing, income, incoming, indexing, infiltration, infix, ingoing, ingress, ingression, injection, inlay, input, inscribing, inscription, insert, inset, insinuation, intake, intercalation, interjection, interlineation, interlocution, interpenetration, interpolation, introduction, introgression, intrusion, inventorying, leakage, LEM, listing, LM, logging, lunar excursion module, lunar module, manned rocket, matriculation, module, moon ship, multistage rocket, obiter dictum, orbit, parenthesis, parking orbit, penetration, percolation, perigee, posting, reception, record keeping, recordation, recording, reentry, register, registration, registry, remark, rocket, seepage, shuttle rocket, side remark, soft landing, space capsule, space docking, space rocket, spacecraft, spaceship, tabulation, tessera, tossing-in |
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