inclusion

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See also: inclusión

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inclusio, inclusionis, from the verb Latin inclūdō (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). By surface analysis, include +‎ -sion. Doublet of enclosure.

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Noun

inclusion (countable and uncountable, plural inclusions)

  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, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.
    • 2009, Cindy Lasiter, Diamonds in the Rough, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page xi:
      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.
  5. (cytology) A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.
  6. (histology) An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.
  7. (mathematics) A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.
  8. (obsolete) Restriction; limitation.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French inclusion, borrowed from Latin inclūsiōnem.

Pronunciation

Noun

inclusion f (countable and uncountable, plural inclusions)

  1. inclusion

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin inclūsiō.

Noun

inclusion f (plural inclusions)

  1. inclusion

Further reading

  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 559.
  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 338.
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