insertion
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insertion (countable and uncountable, plural insertions)
- The act of inserting, or something inserted.
- (anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
- (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
- With a nuclear bomb, the process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.
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- (antonym(s) of "act of inserting"): deletion
- (antonym(s) of "anatomy"): origin
- (antonym(s) of "genetics"): deletion
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act of inserting, or something inserted
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin īnsertiōnem.
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insertion f (plural insertions)
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Further reading edit
- “insertion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.