About The Word Insertion
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Insertion
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What's The Definition Of Insertion?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Insertion: interpolation | introduction | intromission Related Terms | Find terms related to Insertion: 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 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 Insertion In Webster's Dictionary \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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