insertion

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: in=ser=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

insertion, n. [L. insertio: cf. F. insertion. See Insert.].

•  The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.  [1913 Webster]
•  The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction to its origin.  [1913 Webster]

Epigynous insertion (Bot.), the insertion of stamens upon the ovary. -- Hypogynous insertion (Bot.), insertion beneath the ovary.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

insertion, n.
1 the act or an instance of inserting.
2 an amendment etc. inserted in writing or printing.
3 each appearance of an advertisement in a newspaper etc.
4 an ornamental section of needlework inserted into plain material (lace insertions).
5 the manner or place of attachment of a muscle, an organ, etc.
6 the placing of a spacecraft in an orbit.

Etymology

LL insertio (as INSERT)

THESAURUS

insertion

Earth insertion, LEM, LM, access, admission, apogee, aside, attitude-control rocket, ballistic capsule, booking, burn, capsule, cataloging, chronicling, deep-space ship, docking, docking maneuver, enlistment, enrollment, entering, entrance, entree, entry, episode, ferry rocket, fuel ship, impanelment, import, importation, importing, income, incoming, indexing, infiltration, infix, ingoing, ingress, ingression, injection, inlay, input, inscribing, inscription, insert, inset, insinuation, intake, intercalation, interjection, interlineation, interlocution, interpenetration, interpolation, introduction, introgression, intrusion, inventorying, leakage, listing, logging, lunar excursion module, lunar module, manned rocket, matriculation, module, moon ship, multistage rocket, obiter dictum, orbit, parenthesis, parking orbit, penetration, percolation, perigee, posting, reception, record keeping, recordation, recording, reentry, register, registration, registry, remark, rocket, seepage, shuttle rocket, side remark, soft landing, space capsule, space docking, space rocket, spacecraft, spaceship, tabulation, tessera, tossing-in

ROGET THESAURUS

insertion

Addition

N addition, annexation, adjection, junction, superposition, superaddition, superjunction, superfetation, accession, reinforcement, increase, increment, supplement, accompaniment, interposition, insertion, added, additional, supplemental, supplementary, suppletory, subjunctive, adjectitious, adscititious, ascititious, additive, extra, accessory, au reste, in addition, more, plus, extra, and, also, likewise, too, furthermore, further, item, and also, and eke, else, besides, to boot, et cetera, and so on, and so forth, into the bargain, cum multis aliis, over and above, moreover, with, withal, including, inclusive, as well as, not to mention, let alone, together with, along with, coupled with, in conjunction with, conjointly, jointly, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.

Location

N location, localization, lodgment, deposition, reposition, stowage, package, collocation, packing, lading, establishment, settlement, installation, fixation, insertion, habitat, environment, surroundings (situation), circumjacence, anchorage, mooring, encampment, plantation, colony, settlement, cantonment, colonization, domestication, situation, habitation, cohabitation, a local habitation and a name, endenization, naturalization, placed, situate, posited, ensconced, imbedded, embosomed, rooted, domesticated, vested in, unremoved, moored, at anchor.

Interposition

N interposition, interjacence, intercurrence, intervenience, interlocation, interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation, interpenetration, permeation, infiltration, intervention, interference, intrusion, obtrusion, insinuation, insertion, dovetailing, embolism, intermediary, intermedium, go between, bodkin, intruder, interloper, parenthesis, episode, flyleaf, partition, septum, diaphragm, midriff, dissepiment, party wall, panel, room divider, halfway house, interjacent, intercurrent, intervenient, intervening, intermediate, intermediary, intercalary, interstitial, embolismal, parenthetical, episodic, mediterranean, intrusive, embosomed, merged, between, betwixt, twixt, among, amongst, amid, amidst, mid, midst, in the thick of, betwixt and between, sandwich-wise, parenthetically, obiter dictum.

Ingress

N ingress, entrance, entry, introgression, influx, intrusion, inroad, incursion, invasion, irruption, ingression, penetration, interpenetration, illapse, import, infiltration, immigration, admission, insinuation, insertion, inlet, way in, mouth, door, barway, path, conduit, immigrant, incoming.

Reception

N reception, admission, admittance, entree, importation, introduction, intromission, immission, ingestion, imbibation, introception, absorption, ingurgitation, inhalation, suction, sucking, eating, drinking, insertion, interjection, introit, admitting, admitted, admissable, absorbent.

Insertion

N insertion, implantation, introduction, insinuation, planting injection, inoculation, importation, infusion, forcible ingress, immersion, submersion, submergence, dip, plunge, bath, interment, clyster, enema, glyster, lavage, lavement, inserted.