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insideness

insideness noun: the state or condition of being inside.

Noun

insideness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being inside.
    • Children as young as four are known to have relational concepts such as insideness, sameness, and so on (eg, Smith, 1989).1995, David R. Shanks, The psychology of associative learning
    • If we can establish a point that is guaranteed to be outside of our polygon, we can test the insideness of any point by connecting this test point to our outside point by a straight line and counting the number of times the line crosses the polygon.1995, Linux Journal, numbers 15-20, page 42

Origin of insideness

From inside + -ness.

Questions about insideness

What does insideness mean?
Insideness means the state or condition of being inside.
What part of speech is insideness?
Insideness is a noun.

Words near insideness in the dictionary

  1. inside-the-park homers
  2. inside-the-parker
  3. inside-the-parkers
  4. insideless
  5. insidely
  6. insideness
  7. insider
  8. insider baseball
  9. insider dealing
  10. insider dealings
  11. insider trade

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