insertion

English

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insertion

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Etymology

From insert +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɝʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

insertion (countable and uncountable, plural insertions)

1. The act of inserting, or something inserted.

   The surgeon performed the insertion of a pacemaker.

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

   The book contained the insertion of several illustrations.

2. (anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
3. (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
4. (atomic weapons) The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “act of inserting”): deletion
• (antonym(s) of “anatomy”): origin
• (antonym(s) of “genetics”): deletion

Derived terms

• deinsertion
• disinsertion
• do-insertion
• indel
• insertional
• insertion order
• insertion reaction
• insertion sort
• insertion time
• leaf insertion
• microinsertion
• misinsertion
• noninsertion
• plane of insertion
• postinsertion
• postinsertional
• preinsertion
• preinsertional
• reinsertion
• Schensted insertion
• self-insertion

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ser- (bind) (0 c, 25 e)

Translations

act of inserting, or something inserted

Bulgarian: вмъкване (bg) (vmǎkvane) Catalan: inserció (ca) f Danish: (of coins) indkast n French: insertion (fr) Greek: Ancient: παρένταξις f (paréntaxis), ἔνθεσις f (énthesis), παρεμβολή f (parembolḗ) Indonesian: pemasukan (id) Italian: inserzione (it) Maori: kōurunga, kuhinga, kōkuhunga, komotamga Portuguese: inserção (pt) Quechua: sat'iy Romanian: inserție (ro) f, inserare (ro) f Spanish: inserción (es)

addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome

French: insertion (fr) Indonesian: insersi (id) Italian: inserzione (it) Portuguese: inserção (pt) Spanish: inserción (es)

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

insertion

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsertiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɛʁ.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

Noun

insertion f (plural insertions)

1. insertion

Related terms

• insérer

Further reading

• “insertion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.