INCLUSION

inclusion

(noun) the act of including

inclusion, comprehension

(noun) the relation of comprising something; “he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work”

inclusion

(noun) the state of being included

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

inclusion (countable and uncountable, plural inclusions)

(countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.

(uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.

(countable) Anything foreign that is included in a material,

(countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.

(cytology) A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.

(histology) An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.

(mathematics) A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.

(obsolete) Restriction; limitation.

Antonyms

• exclusion

Source: Wiktionary


In*clu"sion, n. Etym: [L. inclusio: cf. F. inclusion. See Include.]

1. The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy. Sir W. Temple.

2. (Min.)

Definition: A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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