insertion
[in-sur-shuh n]
- the act of inserting: the insertion of a coin in a vending machine.
- something inserted: an insertion in the middle of a paragraph.
- Botany, Zoology.
- the manner or place of attachment, as of an organ.
- attachment of a part or organ, with special reference to the site or manner of such attachment.
- lace, embroidery, or the like, to be sewn at each edge between parts of other material.
- Aerospace. injection(def 6).
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Origin of insertion
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Contemporary Examples
Not only did the insertion work, the extra base pair was kept by offspring of the original bacterium.
And the insertion of technology into clothes raises a host of potential problems: what if you outgrow the shirt?
Worst of all would be the insertion of U.S. conventional forces in large numbers.
I thought it was this interesting way of creating this insertion to the architecture of his own book.
Historical Examples
It, unfortunately, arrived too late for insertion at p. 129.
The Works of Aphra BehnAphra Behn
Regularity of insertion is just as important as clever phrasing.
The Clock that Had no HandsHerbert Kaufman
Radix: base of wings, and their point of insertion; see pteropega.
Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologyJohn. B. Smith
He requested the insertion of a G-sharp between, thus completing his triad.
The Shadow WorldHamlin Garland
The Composer, however, observed the hiatus, and directed the insertion of two rests.
The Shadow WorldHamlin Garland
insertion
- the act of inserting or something that is inserted
- a word, sentence, correction, etc, inserted into text, such as a newspaper
- a strip of lace, embroidery, etc, between two pieces of material
- anatomy the point or manner of attachment of a muscle to the bone that it moves
- botany the manner or point of attachment of one part to another
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Word Origin and History for insertion
n.
1590s, "act of putting in," from Late Latin insertionem (nominative insertio), noun of action from past participle stem of inserere (see insert). Meaning "that which is inserted" attested from 1620s.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
insertion
(ĭn-sûr′shən)- The point or mode of attachment of a skeletal muscle to the bone or other body part that it moves.
- The placing of a dental prosthesis in the mouth.
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