inclusion
/ɪnˈkluːʒ(ə)n
/noun
1 [mass noun] The action or state of including or of being included within a group or structure: they have been selected for inclusion in the scheme...
- This is not so much an offer of inclusion as an insistence upon it.
- That this is a party which wishes to base itself upon compassion and inclusion is beyond doubt.
- A number of pieces out of the union of the resultant lists will then be selected for inclusion in the book.
Synonyms
incorporation, addition, insertion, introduction;
involvement, taking in, encompassing
1.1 [count noun] A person or thing that is included within a whole: the exhibition features such inclusions as the study of the little girl...
- What seems to give any flavor more appeal these days is the abundance of inclusions contained within the mix.
- Any suggestions for inclusions gratefully received.
- Hands-free phones, phreaking - hacking into phone systems for free calls - and fuzzy logic are all new inclusions.
2chiefly Geology A body or particle of distinct composition embedded in a rock or other material.The composition of these minerals is known from a handful of outcrops containing inclusions of mantle material....
- Magmatic inclusions in silicic and intermediate volcanic rocks.
- At the cores of the aegirine spherulites there typically are inclusions of cubic crystals of villiaumite to 3 cm on edge.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin inclusio(n-), from includere 'shut in'.
Rhymes
- qualify
- qualifyingly
- qualimeter
- qualisign
- Qualitaetswein
- qualitative
- qualitative analysis
- qualitatively
- quality
- quality assurance
- quality binding
- quality circle
- quality control
- quality controller
- quality factor
- quality management
- quality management system
- quality newspaper
- quality of life
- quality paper
- quality time
- Qualitätswein
- qualm
- qualmed
- qualming