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Inclusion

//ɪnˈkluːʒən// noun

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Noun

1
An addition or annex to a group, set, or total. countable
"The poem was a new inclusion in the textbook."
2
the act of including wordnet
3
The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total. uncountable
"The inclusion of the poem added value to the course."
4
any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases) wordnet
5
Anything foreign that is included in a material. countable

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the relation of comprising something wordnet
7
Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone. countable
"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."
8
the state of being included wordnet
9
A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances. countable, uncountable
10
An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis. countable, uncountable
11
A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image. countable, uncountable
12
Restriction; limitation. countable, obsolete, uncountable

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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