Inserting and Insertion
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
noun
- A message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted.
- usage: "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins"
- synonyms: interpolation
- The act of putting one thing into another.
- synonyms: introduction, intromission
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) That which is set in or inserted, especially a narrow strip of embroidered lace, muslin or cambric.
- (n.) The condition or mode of being inserted or attached; as, the insertion of stamens in a calyx.
- (n.) The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction to its origin.
- (n.) The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary