Inclusion

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inclusion \In*clu"sion\, n. [L. inclusio: cf. F. inclusion. See
     {Include}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The act of including, or the state of being included;
        limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his
        policy. --Sir W. Temple.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Something that is included.
        [PJC]
  
     3. (Min.) A foreign substance, either liquid or solid,
        usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Biol., Cytology) A small body suspended within the
        cytoplasm of a cell.
        [PJC]
  
     5. (Logic, Math.) The relationship existing between two sets
        if one is a subset of the other.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inclusion
       n 1: the state of being included [ant: {exclusion}]
       2: the relation of comprising something; "he admired the
          inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work" [syn: {comprehension}]
       3: any small intracellular body found within another
          (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the
          cytoplasm of the cell" [syn: {inclusion body}, {cellular
          inclusion}]
       4: the act of including

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  120 Moby Thesaurus words for "inclusion":
     Anschluss, absorption, addition, affiliation, agglomeration,
     aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, amalgamation,
     assimilation, association, beleaguerment, besetment, blend,
     blending, blockade, blockading, cabal, cahoots, cartel,
     centralization, cincture, circling, circumambience, circumambiency,
     circumcincture, circumflexion, circumjacence, circumposition,
     circumscription, classification, coadunation, coalescence,
     coalition, colleagueship, collegialism, collegiality, combination,
     combine, combo, composition, comradeship, confederacy,
     confederation, confinement, confraternity, congeries,
     conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation,
     conspiracy, containment, copartnership, copartnery, cordoning,
     counting, ecumenism, embarrassment, embodiment, embracement,
     encincture, encirclement, enclosure, encompassment, enfoldment,
     engagement, enmeshment, enosis, entanglement, envelopment,
     environment, federalization, federation, fellowship, fraternalism,
     fraternity, fraternization, freemasonry, fusion, girding, girdling,
     grouping, hookup, immurement, implication, imprisonment,
     incarceration, incorporation, integration, involution, involvement,
     junction, junta, league, marriage, meld, melding, merger,
     numbering, package, package deal, partnership, quarantine,
     relation, siege, sodality, solidification, sorority, surrounding,
     syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie-in, tie-up,
     unification, union, wedding