insertion
English
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Audio (Berkshire, UK): (file)
Noun
insertion (countable and uncountable, plural insertions)
- The act of inserting, or something inserted.
- (anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
- (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.
- With a nuclear bomb, the process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.
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Translations
act of inserting, or something inserted
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addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome
French
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Noun
insertion f (plural insertions)
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Further reading
- “insertion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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