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inclusion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈkluːʒən/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der. Proto-Italic *klaudō Latin claudō Latin inclūdō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin inclūsiōbor. English inclusion Borrowed from Latin inclūsiō, inclūsiōnis, from the verb Latin inclūdō (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“key, hook, nail”). By surface analysis, include + -sion. Doublet of enclosure.

Meanings

1. (countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
   • The poem was a new inclusion in the textbook.
2. (uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
   • The inclusion of the poem added value to the course.
3. (countable) Anything foreign that is included in a material.
4. (countable) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.
   • The fewer inclusions a diamond has, the better is its clarity and value. Often the inclusions can be cut out of a diamond in the rough. 2009, Cindy Lasiter, Diamonds in the Rough, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page xi:
5. (countable, uncountable) A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.
6. (countable, uncountable) An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.
7. (countable, uncountable) A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.
8. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Restriction; limitation.

Forms

Antonyms

exclusion

Deriveds

bioinclusion · postinclusion · preinclusion · inclusion polymorphism · e-inclusion · reinclusion · transclusion · inclusion rider · inclusion map · neuroinclusion · inclusionism · inclusion complex · microinclusion · inclusion function · inclusionist · pseudoinclusion · noninclusion · overinclusion · nanoinclusion · inclusion compound · inclusionary · proper inclusion · underinclusion · inclusion unit

Relateds

include

Translations (70)

ga áireamh (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · el προσθήκη (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · de Hinzufügung (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · nl inbegrip (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · no inkludering (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · ca inclusió (defect in precious stone) · da inklusion (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · ca inclusió (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · fr inclusion (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · fi mukaan ottaminen (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · mk додаток (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · nl insluiting (defect in precious stone) · pt inclusão (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · ru включе́ние (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · es inclusión (defect in precious stone) · fr inclusion (aggregate of stainable substances) · bg включение (defect in precious stone) · ca inclusió (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · ru включе́ние (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · sw jumuisho (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · hu sejtzárvány (aggregate of stainable substances) · fi lisäys (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · km ការដាក់បញ្ចូល (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · nl toevoeging (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · pl wrostek (defect in precious stone) · it inclusione (aggregate of stainable substances) · bg включване (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · hu zárvány (defect in precious stone) · km ការដាក់បញ្ចូល (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · fa دربرگیری (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · hu belefoglalás (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · oc inclusion (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · fa گنجایش (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · pl inkluzja (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · la inclusiō (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · bg обхващане (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · pt inclusão (aggregate of stainable substances) · fr inclusion (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · bg включване (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · it impurità (defect in precious stone) · da inkludering (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · it aggiunta (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · sw jumuisho (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · es inclusión (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · fa شمول (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · ko 포함 (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · fa دخول (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · ga cur sa chomhaireamh (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · no inklusjon (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · fa دربرداری (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · it inclusione (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · pt inclusão (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · de Einschluss (defect in precious stone) · de Einschluss (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · ka ჩართვა (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · it inclusione (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · de Einschluss (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · fi sisällyttäminen (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · pl inkluzja (defect in precious stone) · es inclusión (aggregate of stainable substances) · gl inclusión (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · nl toevoeging (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · ga cur san áireamh (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · ga comhaireamh (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · ka ჩართულობა (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · fi sulkeuma (defect in precious stone) · no inkludering (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · ka ჩართვა (addition or annex to a group, set or total) · no inklusjon (act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total) · fi liite (addition or annex to a group, set or total)