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Webster 1913 Edition
Inclusion
1.
The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction;
as, the lines of
. inclusion
of his policySir W. Temple.
3.
(Min.)
A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inclusion
INCLU'SION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
inclusion
inclusion
See also: inclusión
English
Alternative forms
Noun
inclusion (countable and uncountable, plural inclusions)
- (countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
- The poem was a new inclusion in the textbook.
- (uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
- The inclusion of the poem added value to the course.
- (countable) Anything foreign that is included in a material,
- (countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.
- (Biology) A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.
Antonyms
See also
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Inclusion (mineral) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations
addition or annex to a group, set or total
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act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
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defect in precious stone
aggregate of stainable substances
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French
Etymology
Old French inclusion, from Latin inclūsiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kly.zjɔ̃/
Noun
inclusion f (countable and uncountable, plural inclusions)