insertion
Pronunciations (2)
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/ɪnˈsɝʃən/
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ɪnˈsɝʃən
Pronunciation notes
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Noun
The act of inserting, or something inserted.
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- Uncountable
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The surgeon performed the insertion of a pacemaker.
The insertion of new text changed the meaning of the document.
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The book contained the insertion of several illustrations.
The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
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- Uncountable
The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
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- Uncountable
The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.
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- Uncountable
Noun
a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
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with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told
with many insertions in the margins
the act of putting one thing into another
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