Definitions for insertion

• Definition
• Anagrams (381)

insertion in·ser·tion

Spelling: [in-sur-shuh n]

IPA: /ɪnˈsɜr ʃən/

Insertion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 381 anagrams from letters in insertion (eiinnorst).

Definitions for insertion

noun

1. the act of inserting:
2. something inserted:
3. Botany, Zoology. the manner or place of attachment, as of an organ. attachment of a part or organ, with special reference to the site or manner of such attachment.
4. lace, embroidery, or the like, to be sewn at each edge between parts of other material.
5. Aerospace. injection (def 6).

Origin of insertion

First recorded in 1570-80, insertion is from the Late Latin word insertiōn- (stem of insertiō). See insert, -ion

Examples for insertion

He requested the insertion of a G-sharp between, thus completing his triad.

Regularity of insertion is just as important as clever phrasing.

Radix: base of wings, and their point of insertion; see pteropega.

The Composer, however, observed the hiatus, and directed the insertion of two rests.

And the insertion of technology into clothes raises a host of potential problems: what if you outgrow the shirt?

The Composer directed the insertion of an eighth-rest at the beginning of the bar.

I thought it was this interesting way of creating this insertion to the architecture of his own book.

Not only did the insertion work, the extra base pair was kept by offspring of the original bacterium.

It, unfortunately, arrived too late for insertion at p. 129.

Worst of all would be the insertion of U.S. conventional forces in large numbers.