From Middle English insetten, from Old English insettan (“to set in, institute, appoint”), equivalent to in- + set. Cognate with Dutch inzetten (“to insert, set in”), Low German insetten (“to set in”), German einsetzen (“to insert, employ”), Danish indsætte (“to insert”), Swedish insätta (“to inset, induct, institute”), Icelandic innsetja (“to install”).
From Middle English insetten, from Old English insettan (“to set in, institute, appoint”), equivalent to in- + set. Cognate with Dutch inzetten (“to insert, set in”), Low German insetten (“to set in”), German einsetzen (“to insert, employ”), Danish indsætte (“to insert”), Swedish insätta (“to inset, induct, institute”), Icelandic innsetja (“to install”).
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A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.
The inset of figure 1 shows the geometry of the samples. 1990, M. E. Cage, D. Y. Yu, G. Marullo Reedtz, “Observation and an Explanation of Breakdown of the Quantum Hall Effect”, in Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, volume 95, number 1:
a map of the whole state with city maps as insets
Anything inserted.
A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.
A modular microphone that can be removed from a telephone handset without disassembly.
Microphone insets can deteriorate and older examples may produce a permanent frying noise. 1998, Andrew Emmerson, Electronic Classics: Collecting, Restoring and Repair, page 99:
An opening partway down a shaft, giving access to the intermediate levels.
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es inserto (smaller thing set into a larger thing) · ru вкла́дыш (smaller thing set into a larger thing) · ru вкле́йка (smaller thing set into a larger thing) · pl wkładka (smaller thing set into a larger thing) · de Einsatz (smaller thing set into a larger thing) · ru вста́вка (small piece of material used to strengthen a garment) · fi insertti (smaller thing set into a larger thing) · ru вкла́дка (anything inserted) · ru вкле́йка (anything inserted) · bg прибавка (smaller thing set into a larger thing) · ru вста́вка (anything inserted) · es refuerzo (small piece of material used to strengthen a garment) · es parche (small piece of material used to strengthen a garment) · ru вкла́дка (smaller thing set into a larger thing) · fi insertti (anything inserted) · es inserto (anything inserted) · ru вкла́дыш (anything inserted) · fi vahvike (small piece of material used to strengthen a garment)
From Middle English insetten, from Old English insettan (“to set in, institute, appoint”), equivalent to in- + set. Cognate with Dutch inzetten (“to insert, set in”), Low German insetten (“to set in”), German einsetzen (“to insert, employ”), Danish indsætte (“to insert”), Swedish insätta (“to inset, induct, institute”), Icelandic innsetja (“to install”).