insertion

The act of inserting, or something inserted.

Noun

  1. The act of inserting, or something inserted.
    • The surgeon performed the insertion of a pacemaker.
    • The insertion of new text changed the meaning of the document.
    • The book contained the insertion of several illustrations.
  2. The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
  3. The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
  4. The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.

Origin

Etymology tree English insert Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English insertion From insert + -ion.

Forms

insertions

Antonyms

deletion antonym(s) of

Derived

deinsertion disinsertion do-insertion indel insertional insertion order insertion reaction insertion sort insertion time leaf insertion microinsertion misinsertion noninsertion plane of insertion postinsertion postinsertional preinsertion preinsertional reinsertion Schensted insertion self-insertion