insertion

US/ɪnˈsɝʃən/

nounC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,858 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: insertions

An insertion is the putting of one thing inside another. The insertion of a clause, a late insertion, insertion point.

In editing it names an addition made to a finished text, which is why a late insertion is a phrase editors dread. In anatomy the insertion of a muscle is the end that attaches to the bone that moves.

Definitions of insertion

1nouninsertionThe putting of one thing inside another.C1
“The insertion of a small tube into the vein takes only a few seconds.”

insertion is a putting in.

Where it comes from

Proto-Indo-European
*ser- (bind)
Proto-Indo-European
*ser- — to bind, put together, to line up
Latin
insertus
English
insert
English, today
insertion

From insert + -ion. insert comes from Latin insertus, past participle of inserō, from in- + serō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Compare exsert.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

insertion in the wild

In visual art, the equivalent of self-insertion is the inserted self-portrait, where the artist includes a self-portrait in a painting of a narrative subject.
Self-insertion
On a chromosome level, an insertion refers to the insertion of a larger sequence into a chromosome.
Insertion (genetics)
When the result is a transfer orbit, e.g. a descent orbit insertion, the maneuver is an orbit injection.
Orbit insertion
Lunar orbit insertion (LOI) is an orbit insertion maneuver used to achieve lunar orbit.
Lunar orbit
The IUD has a more invasive insertion procedure than other birth control methods.
Intrauterine device

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Related words

the insertus family

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insertion — used about once every 5,283 pages · #9,858 · point at the bar for the others

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