insertion

English

Etymology

insert +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɝʃən/

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Noun

insertion (countable and uncountable, plural insertions)

1. The act of inserting, or something inserted.
2. (anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
3. (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
4. With a nuclear bomb, the process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.

Antonyms

• (act of inserting): deletion
• (anatomy): origin
• (genetics): deletion

Derived terms

• leaf insertion
• microinsertion

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ser- (bind)‎ (0 c, 22 e)

Translations

act of inserting, or something inserted

• Bulgarian: вмъкване (bg) (vmǎkvane)
• Catalan: inserció (ca) f
• Danish: (of coins) indkast n
• French: insertion (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: παρένταξις f (paréntaxis), ἔνθεσις f (énthesis), παρεμβολή f (parembolḗ)

• Indonesian: pemasukan (id)
• Italian: inserzione (it)
• Maori: kōurunga, kuhinga, kōkuhunga
• Portuguese: inserção (pt)
• Quechua: sat'iy
• Romanian: inserție (ro) f, inserare (ro) f
• Spanish: inserción (es)

addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome

• French: insertion (fr)
• Indonesian: insersi (id)
• Italian: inserzione (it)
• Portuguese: inserção (pt)
• Spanish: inserción (es)

French

Etymology

From Latin īnsertiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɛʁ.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

insertion f (plural insertions)

1. insertion

Related terms

• insérer

Further reading

• “insertion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.