insertionn.
/ɪnˈsəːʃn/, U.S. /ᵻnˈsərʃən/ 1.
a. The action of inserting, setting or putting in; introduction into or between: see insert v.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [noun]
inputting1498
insertion1598
intromission1601
inserting1611
usherage1661
input1947
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Insertatione, an intermedling, a grafting, an implying, an insertion.
1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Advt. The Work is capable of Emendation by Insertion.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 23. ⁋6 In every work of imagination..the insertion of incidents and use of decorations may be varied a thousand ways.
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxx. 231 The progressive motion of the parts from the point of impact is stopped by the insertion of the lead [into the ivory balls].
1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) (at cited word) The word insertion has likewise been used, by pathologists, for the act of inoculating or introducing a virus into the body.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxiv. 360 I have tried whether the insertion of a pin would produce the collapse of the bubbles.
1878 L. P. Meredith Teeth (ed. 2) 220 The proper insertion of artificial teeth.
1900 N.E.D. at Insertion Mod. Newspaper Notice, Trade notices are charged at the rate of 1/6 per insertion. All communications in reference to the insertion of Advertisements to be sent to the Advertisement Manager.
b. Astronautics. = injection n. 1d; also insertion point n. = injection point n. at injection n. 1d.
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society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [noun] > a space shot or flight > course or trajectory of spacecraft > entry into specific trajectory or orbit
injection1959
insertion1962
society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [noun] > a space shot or flight > course or trajectory of spacecraft > entry into specific trajectory or orbit > point of
injection point1959
insertion point1962
1962 J. Glenn in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 192 The computers..had indicated that the insertion of the capsule was good for a minimum of seven orbits.
1962 A. Shepard in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 174 During the first four and a half minutes of launch, before we reach the insertion point and the ‘Go’ or ‘No Go’ decision as to orbit.
1963 C. McLaughlin Space Age Dict. (ed. 2) 86 Insertion point. That point where a spacecraft acquires a centrifugal force equal to the gravitational field force and goes into orbit.
2.
a. That which is inserted; an inserted addition, piece, or part; a word or part inserted in a writing or print; a page inserted in a book; anything inserted in a newspaper, postal packet, etc.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > ring or layer
insertion1624
ring1664
annual ring1672
year1708
year ring1845
growth ring1907
tree-ring1919
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [noun] > that which is > an inserted piece or part
insertion1624
inlet1798
install1871
insert1922
1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 117 In Fulbertus his workes..they have with a foule insertion branded them [words] for hereticall.
1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks i. iii. 20 The Parenchymous part of the Wood..hath this property, to be disposed into many Diametral rays, or Insertions, running betwixt so many portions of Vessels, from the Bark to the Pith.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 37 In the Root..are..the Skin, the Parenchyma, the Lignous Body, the Insertions, and the Pith.
1742 R. West Let. 5 May in T. Gray Corr. (1971) I. 200 I am only sorry you follow the blunders of Broukhusius, all whose insertions are nonsense.
1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 58 When I find trifling insertions of this kind to be requisite in my translation, I shall not deem it necessary to mention them in a note.
b. Needlework. Embroidery or ornamental needlework, made to be inserted or sewed into plain material, for decorative purposes; a piece or detached portion of such work.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > insertion
entredeux1823
insertionc1840
inserting1847
panel1899
c1840 Lady Wilton Art of Needlework xvi. 267 Patterns, without any edging, were seemingly designed for what we should now call ‘insertion’ work or lace.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Insertions, narrow strips of lace, embroidered muslin or cambric, sold for inlets in handkerchiefs, dresses, etc.
1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 18 June It was the ‘extras’ that did the mischief—the ruches, the bouffantes, the lace, the innumerable yards of ‘insertion’.
1881 Daily News 22 Aug. 3/2 A white straw hat, trimmed with buff insertion.
1897 Globe 18 Feb. 6/3 A band of lace insertion.
3. Anatomy, Entomology, Botany. The attachment of a muscle, external organ, etc., as to place or manner.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [noun] > union, junction, or attachment
coalescence?1541
insertion1578
coalition1605
suture1677
conjugation1843
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 17 Some necessary Asperitie, seruing for the insertion of two Muscles.
1651 ‘A. B.’ tr. L. Lessius Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost 109 The connexions or insertions of one threed [of a spider's web] with another..are most strange.
1807 J. E. Smith Introd. Physiol. & Systematical Bot. 144 We shall first explain their [leaves'] different situations, insertions, forms, and surfaces.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 14 Anthers erect, insertion basal.
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 167 If the surface of an axial structure..is imagined to be continued through the base of each lateral member, the section forms its Plane of Insertion. An imaginary point in this is considered its organic centre, but does not usually correspond to its geometrical centre; this point may be termed the Point of Insertion.
1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 105 A black mark running from the mane to the insertion of the tail.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
insertion stitch n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > insertion > stitch used in
insertion stitch1932
1932 D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 51/2 Various..insertion stitches may be formed by working an edging stitch, as braid edging or Antwerp edging.
1934 M. Thomas Dict. Embroidery Stitches 128 This simple insertion stitch consists of a row of braid edging stitch worked along both edges of the material to be joined.
1967 100 Embroidery Stitches (J. & P. Coats Ltd.) 35 Buttonhole insertion stitch..consists of groups of four buttonhole stitches worked alternately on each piece of fabric to be joined.
insertion-success n.
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1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 561 The ‘insertion-success’ of skilled vaccinators is very large, amounting to 97–98 per cent.
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insertion gain n. the negative of the insertion loss when expressed in logarithmic units.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [noun] > load > insertion loss or gain
insertion gain1930
insertion loss1930
1930 T. E. Shea Transmission Networks & Wave Filters ii. 49 A negative insertion loss is an insertion gain, and corresponds to an increase in load current amplitude as the result of inserting a network in a circuit.
1964 V. Uzunoglu Semiconductor Network Anal. & Design v. 69 The insertion gain of an amplifier connected between a source and load impedance (both being specified) is defined as Pins = 10 log P out/P r, where P r is the power which would be delivered to the load if the amplifier were removed.
insertion-joint n. (see quot.).
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1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 311/1 Insertion joint, a joint in pipes which is made watertight by the use of a ring or washer made of indiarubber or rubber alternating with layers of canvas.
insertion loss n. the decrease in the power delivered to a load (or in the voltage across it or the current through it) as a result of the insertion of a four-terminal device or network between it and the source, expressed (usually logarithmically, in decibels or nepers) in terms of the ratio of the power, etc., without the network in place to that with it.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [noun] > load > insertion loss or gain
insertion gain1930
insertion loss1930
1930 T. E. Shea Transmission Networks & Wave Filters ii. 49 Insertion loss measures the actual change in load current caused by the insertion of a net~work.
1971 Wan Hee Kim & H. E. Meadows Mod. Network Anal. vi. 241 The behavior of a two-port coupling network such as a filter or equalizer..for use in a communication, signal~processing, or control system is frequently studied or specified in terms of an insertion loss defined in terms of voltage or power ratios.
insertion-sheet n. (see quot.).
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1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 842/1 Packing for the stuffing boxes of steam engines is similarly prepared from strips of rubber and frictioned canvas, as also are the so-called insertion sheets, in which layers of rubber alternate with canvas or even wire gauze.
Derivatives
inˈsertional adj. of the nature of an insertion; put in as an insertion.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > of the nature of an insertion
insertional1867
1867 Contemp. Rev. 4 325 A sonorous triplet made up by an insertional line.
inˈsertioned adj. Needlework ornamented with an insertion; having some ornamental material worked in as an insertion.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [adjective] > insertion
insertioned1894
inlet1901
1894 Season 10 No. 9. 36/2 The coverlet was of satin, insertioned with linen open thread work.
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Genetics. Originally: the integration of a transposable element or other piece of DNA in a chromosome; (in later use also) the addition of one or more extra nucleotides between two successive nucleotides in a DNA molecule. Also: such a piece of transposed or additional DNA.
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1935 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 117 30 ‘Insertion’ would follow a single break in a chromatid of one chromosome and two breaks in a non-homologous chromosome that chanced to be lying near it.
1962 Jrnl. Theoret. Biol. 3 93 Different types of base pair changes (transitions, transversions, deletions, insertions) are produced by fundamentally different mechanisms.
1982 R. E. Glass Gene Function iii. 111 (caption) An insertion involves the integration of a novel piece of DNA, which increases the overall size of the genetic element.
1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) xxi. 1207 Random insertion of DNA copies of the viral RNA into the host DNA is a part of the normal retroviral life cycle.
1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 4017/2 We..constructed mutant strains with gene inactivating insertions or in-frame deletions, and analysed the phenotypic changes.
2004 J. Ringo Fund. Genetics xv. 137 Insertions can be as small as one nucleotide, or as big as a transposon or viral chromosome inserted at the target site.
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