Definitions for insertion
ɪnˈsɜr ʃənin·ser·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. interpolation, insertionnoun

   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"

2. insertion, introduction, intromissionnoun

   the act of putting one thing into another

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Insertionnoun

   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.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insertionnoun

   The act of inserting, or something inserted.

2. insertionnoun

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

3. insertionnoun

   The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Insertionnoun

   Etymology: insertion, Fr. insertio, Latin.

   1. The act of placing any thing in or among other matter.

   The great disadvantage our historians labour under is too tedious an interruption, by the insertion of records in their narration. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.

   An ileus, commonly called the twisting of the guts, is either a circumvolution or insertion of one part of the gut within the other. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

   2. The thing inserted.

   He softens the relation by such insertions, before he describes the event. William Broome, Notes on the Odyssey.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Insertionnoun

   the act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings

2. Insertionnoun

   the condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx

3. Insertionnoun

   that which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric

4. Insertionnoun

   the point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction to its origin

5. Etymology: [L. insertio: cf. F. insertion. See Insert.]

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1. Insertion

   In genetics, an insertion is the addition of one or more nucleotide base pairs into a DNA sequence. This can often happen in microsatellite regions due to the DNA polymerase slipping. Insertions can be anywhere in size from one base pair incorrectly inserted into a DNA sequence to a section of one chromosome inserted into another. On a chromosome level, an insertion refers to the insertion of a larger sequence into a chromosome. This can happen due to unequal crossover during meiosis. N region addition is the addition of non-coded nucleotides during recombination by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase. P nucleotide insertion is the insertion of palindromic sequences encoded by the ends of the recombining gene segments. Trinucleotide repeats are classified as insertion mutations and sometimes as a separate class of mutations.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Insertion

   the point or place where a part is inserted: a part that is inserted: the act of inserting.

Matched Categories

1. • Message
   • Movement

How to pronounce insertion?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say insertion in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of insertion in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of insertion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of insertion in a Sentence

1. Jennifer Derebery:

   We had trained them all in proper insertion, and encouraged but not required wearing them.

2. Elliot Rodger:

   the brute will then invite the girl back to his place of dwelling, where he will achieve insertion. He will experience delights so heavenly, so incredible... delights, that have been so cruelly denied to me

3. Madeline Cohen:

   I just don't know. We have tried to get transparency about what they're doing and to be able to observe (the IV insertion), and we've been denied that. So between the actual veiling and the chemical veiling, it's very hard for us to know what's going on.

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