insertion — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. The act of inserting, or something inserted.

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   Beispiele

   The surgeon performed the insertion of a pacemaker.

   The insertion of new text changed the meaning of the document.

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   The book contained the insertion of several illustrations.

2. The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.

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3. The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.

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4. The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.

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Substantiv

1. a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted

   Synonyme

   interpolation

   Oberbegriffe

   messagecontentsubject mattersubstance

   Beispiele

   with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told

   with many insertions in the margins

2. the act of putting one thing into another

   Synonyme

   introductionintromission

   Oberbegriffe

   movement