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Inscription

Inscription Meaning & Definition
Inscription Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inscription?

[n] the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
[n] letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
[n] a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inscription: dedication | lettering

Related Terms | Find terms related to Inscription: acknowledgments | arch | back | back matter | barrow | bastard title | bibliography | booking | boundary stone | brass | burr | bust | cairn | cataloging | catch line | catchword | cenotaph | chiseling | chronicling | colophon | column | contents | contents page | copyright page | coup de plume | cromlech | cross | cross-hatching | cryptography | cup | cyclolith | dedication | demitint | device | dolmen | endleaf | endpaper | endsheet | engravement | engraving | engrossment | enlistment | enrollment | entering | entry | epigraph | epitaph | epithet | errata | etch | etching | flyleaf | folio | footstone | fore edge | foreword | front matter | gem-engraving | glass-cutting | glyptic | grave | gravestone | graving | half tint | half-title page | hatching | head | headstone | hic jacet | hoarstone | impanelment | imprint | incision | index | indexing | initialing | ink spilling | inkslinging | inscribing | inscript | insertion | introduction | inventorying | leaf | lettering | line | lining | listing | logging | macrography | makeup | marker | marking | matriculation | mausoleum | megalith | memento | memorial | memorial arch | memorial column | memorial statue | memorial stone | menhir | micrography | monolith | monument | motto | mound | necrology | obelisk | obituary | page | pen | pen-and-ink | pencil driving | pillar | plaque | posting | preface | preliminaries | prize | pyramid | record keeping | recordation | recording | recto | register | registration | registry | reliquary | remembrance | reverso | ribbon | rostral column | running title | score | scoring | scratch | scratching | scrivenery | scrivening | secret writing | shaft | shrine | signature | slash | slashing | slogan | stela | stipple | stippling | stone | stupa | subtitle | table of contents | tablet | tabulation | tag line | tail | testimonial | text | tint | title | title page | tomb | tombstone | tombstone marking | tooling | tope | transcription | transliteration | trim size | trophy | type page | type-cutting | typewriting | typing | verso | watchword | writing

See Also | committal to writing | epigraph | epitaph | message | piece of writing | Rosetta stone | superscription | superscription | writing | writing | written material

Inscription In Webster's Dictionary

\In*scrip"tion\, n. [L. inscriptio, fr. inscribere, inscriptum, to inscribe: cf. F. inscription. See {Inscribe}.] 1. The act or process of inscribing. 2. That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc. 3. (Anat.) A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle. 4. An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.

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