Insertion

3 definitions found

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

  Insertion \In*ser"tion\, n. [L. insertio: cf. F. insertion. See
     {Insert}.]
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     1. The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in
        stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.
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     2. The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as,
        the insertion of stamens in a calyx.
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     3. That which is set in or inserted, such as a word or
        passage in a composition, or a narrow strip of embroidered
        lace, muslin, or cambric; as, there were numerous
        insertions and corrections to the first draft.
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     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}.
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     {Epigynous insertion} (Bot.), the insertion of stamens upon
        the ovary.
  
     {Hypogynous insertion} (Bot.), insertion beneath the ovary.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  insertion
       n 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" [syn: {interpolation}]
       2: the act of putting one thing into another [syn: {introduction},
           {intromission}]

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

  97 Moby Thesaurus words for "insertion":
     Earth insertion, LEM, LM, access, admission, apogee, aside,
     attitude-control rocket, ballistic capsule, booking, burn, capsule,
     cataloging, chronicling, deep-space ship, docking,
     docking maneuver, 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, listing, 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