'Insertion' definitions:
Definition of 'insertion'
From: WordNet
noun
A message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins" [syn: interpolation, insertion]
noun
The act of putting one thing into another [syn: insertion, introduction, intromission]
Definition of 'Insertion'
From: GCIDE
- Insertion \In*ser"tion\, n. [L. insertio: cf. F. insertion. See Insert.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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 +PJC]
- 4. (Anat.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'insertion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- admission,
- apogee,
- aside,
- attitude-control rocket,
- ballistic capsule,
- booking,
- burn,
- capsule,
- cataloging,
- chronicling,
- deep-space ship,
- docking,
- docking maneuver,
- Earth insertion,
- 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,
- LEM,
- listing,
- LM,
- 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