insertion
US/ɪnˈsɝʃən/
insertion noun: the act of inserting, or something inserted.
Noun
insertion (countable and uncountable, plural insertions)
- 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 distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
- The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
- The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.
insertion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
insertion in Hindi
- insertion, entry ; inclusion
- दर्ज darj
insertion in Tamil
- உட்செலுத்தல், நுழைத்தல், உட்புகுத்தல், புகுத்தல், உட்செருகல், செருகல்
insertion in Urdu
- دخول, اندراج, پیوستگی, شمول
insertion in Bengali
- সন্নিবেশ, নিবেশ, সন্নিবিষ্ট বস্তু
More languagesFewer languages
- insertion in Telugu
- చొప్పించడం, చొప్పింపు
- insertion in Malayalam
- പതിക്കൽ, കയറ്റൽ, നിവേശം
- insertion in Kannada
- ಸೆಕ್ಕೆ
- insertion in Odia
- ସନ୍ନିବେଶ
- insertion in Sanskrit
- निगम nigama, निगमन nigamana
- insertion in Indonesian
- pemasukan, insersi
Examples of insertion in a sentence
- The string distance between 'here' and 'there' is 1 (insertion of a t).
- Labside prosthesis modification was required, necessitating a delay before final insertion.
- Chairside prosthesis modification can allow same-day insertion.
Antonyms of insertion
- deletion
- antonym(s) of
Forms of insertion
| plural | insertions |
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Origin of insertion
From insert + -ion.
Words formed from insertion
- 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
- upsertion
Phrases with insertion
Questions about insertion
- What does insertion mean?
- Insertion means the act of inserting, or something inserted.
- What is insertion in Hindi?
- Insertion in Hindi is दर्ज (darj). See Insertion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is insertion?
- Insertion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce insertion?
- Insertion is pronounced /ɪnˈsɝʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of insertion?
- The plural of insertion is insertions.
Words near insertion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: insertion (page history and authors); दर्ज (Hindi) (page history and authors); insertion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insertion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insertion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insertion (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insertion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insertion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insertion (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); निगम (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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