insertion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: insertion	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
insertion n 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" Synonym(s): interpolation, insertion the act of putting one thing into another Synonym(s): insertion, introduction, intromission
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Insertion \Inser"tion\, n. [L. insertio: cf. F. insertion. See {Insert}.] 1. The act of inserting; as, the insertion* of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings. 2. The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx. 3. That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin, or cambric. 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. {Epigynous insertion} (Bot.), the insertion of stamens upon the ovary. {Hypogynous insertion} (Bot.), insertion beneath the ovary.