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insertion
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insertion
n.
act of putting in, act of setting in; something which has been placed in, inserted addition
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Insertion
Insertion may refer to:
- Insertion (anatomy), the point of a tendon or ligament onto the skeleton or other part of the body
- Insertion (genetics), the addition of DNA into a genetic sequence
- Insertion loss, in electronics
- Insertion reaction, a chemical reaction in which one chemical entity interposes itself into an existing bond of a second chemical entity (e.g.: A + B–C → B–A–C)
- Insertion sort, a simple computer algorithm for sorting arrays
- Local insertion, in broadcasting
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insertion
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) interpolation
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
2. the act of putting one thing into another
(synonym) introduction, intromission
(hypernym) movement
(hyponym) cannulation, canulation, cannulization, cannulisation, canulization, canulisation, intubation
(derivation) tuck, insert
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insertion
nf.
insertion, introduction
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insertion
n.
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