noun
1.An amendment or addition inserted in a text.
‘omissions and insertions which do not affect the sense’
‘an annual insertion in the local telephone directory’
2.An ornamental section of cloth or needlework inserted into a garment.
‘This pretty lace insertion would be wonderful added to a summer garment.’
3.Each appearance of an advertisement in a newspaper or periodical.
‘‘This could be one of the reasons why people are getting more interested in local ad insertions, because there is a standard,’ King theorized.’
‘Even so, at the end of the first quarter of this year, TLC placed 19th out of the top 20 cable networks ranked by local ad insertions.’
4.The action of inserting something.
‘he didn’t notice the insertion of the envelope into his pocket’
‘Shoppers, too, could be more proactive in declining packaging where it is not needed: the automatic insertion of a product into a bag when it is bought, for instance.’
5.The addition of extra DNA or RNA into a section of genetic material.
‘Processed pseudogenes may originate by reverse transcription from mature mRNA and subsequent insertion in the genome.’
‘In situ hybridization to polytene chromosomes confirmed that each insertion was in a typical euchromatic, banded region.’
6.The place or manner of attachment of a muscle to the part which it moves.
‘the names of the muscles and their insertions on the eyeball’
‘The genioglossus muscles take origin from the middle of the back of the lower jaw and have a fan-like insertion into each side of the midline of the tongue.’
7.The place or manner of attachment of an organ.
‘close to the point of leaf insertion’
‘The surgeon places two clips distal to the intended line of division and one on the cystic duct approximately 5 mm from its insertion into the common bile ducts.’
8.The placing of a spacecraft or satellite into an orbit or trajectory.
‘Since orbit insertion, the spacecraft has been spinning at the slow rate of 1 revolution every 3 minutes.’
‘Orbit insertion is a critical moment in the mission.’
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noun
‘omissions and insertions which do not affect the sense’
