'Inclusion' definitions:
Definition of 'inclusion'
From: WordNet
noun
The state of being included [ant: exclusion]
noun
The relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work" [syn: inclusion, comprehension]
noun
Any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell" [syn: inclusion body, cellular inclusion, inclusion]
noun
The act of including
Definition of 'Inclusion'
From: GCIDE
- Inclusion \In*clu"sion\, n. [L. inclusio: cf. F. inclusion. See Include.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Something that is included. [PJC]
- 3. (Min.) A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Biol., Cytology) A small body suspended within the cytoplasm of a cell. [PJC]
- 5. (Logic, Math.) The relationship existing between two sets if one is a subset of the other. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'inclusion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorption,
- addition,
- affiliation,
- agglomeration,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- alignment,
- alliance,
- amalgamation,
- Anschluss,
- assimilation,
- association,
- beleaguerment,
- besetment,
- blend,
- blending,
- blockade,
- blockading,
- cabal,
- cahoots,
- cartel,
- centralization,
- cincture,
- circling,
- circumambience,
- circumambiency,
- circumcincture,
- circumflexion,
- circumjacence,
- circumposition,
- circumscription,
- classification,
- coadunation,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- colleagueship,
- collegialism,
- collegiality,
- combination,
- combine,
- combo,
- composition,
- comradeship,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
- confinement,
- confraternity,
- congeries,
- conglomeration,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- consolidation,
- conspiracy,
- containment,
- copartnership,
- copartnery,
- cordoning,
- counting,
- ecumenism,
- embarrassment,
- embodiment,
- embracement,
- encincture,
- encirclement,
- enclosure,
- encompassment,
- enfoldment,
- engagement,
- enmeshment,
- enosis,
- entanglement,
- envelopment,
- environment,
- federalization,
- federation,
- fellowship,
- fraternalism,
- fraternity,
- fraternization,
- freemasonry,
- fusion,
- girding,
- girdling,
- grouping,
- hookup,
- immurement,
- implication,
- imprisonment,
- incarceration,
- incorporation,
- integration,
- involution,
- involvement,
- junction,
- junta,
- league,
- marriage,
- meld,
- melding,
- merger,
- numbering,
- package,
- package deal,
- partnership,
- quarantine,
- relation,
- siege,
- sodality,
- solidification,
- sorority,
- surrounding,
- syncretism,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- tie-in,
- tie-up,
- unification,
- union,
- wedding