insertion — Dicionário de inglês

Substantivo

1. The act of inserting, or something inserted.

   Uso

   • contável
   • incontável

   Exemplos

   The surgeon performed the insertion of a pacemaker.

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

   Mais exemplos (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.

   Uso

   • contável
   • incontável

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

   Uso

   • contável
   • incontável

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

   Uso

   • contável
   • incontável

Substantivo

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

   Sinônimos

   interpolation

   Termos mais gerais

   messagecontentsubject mattersubstance

   Exemplos

   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

   Sinônimos

   introductionintromission

   Termos mais gerais

   movement