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Incorporation
//ɪŋˌkɔːpəˈɹeɪʃən// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated. countable, uncountable
"One of the remarkable innovations in concrete technology is the development of self-healing cementitious materials through the incorporation of bacterial agents."
- 2 including by incorporating wordnet
- 3 The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis. countable, uncountable
- 4 consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body wordnet
- 5 The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation. countable, uncountable
"After the city's incorporation into the capital district, the population rose."
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- 6 learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself wordnet
- 7 The act of creating a corporation. countable, uncountable
- 8 A body incorporated; a corporation. countable, uncountable
- 9 A phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function. countable, uncountable
"Incorporation is central to many polysynthetic languages such as those found in North America, Siberia and northern Australia."
- 10 A doctrine of constitutional law according to which certain parts of the Bill of Rights are extended to bind individual American states. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English incorporacioun, from Old French incorporacion, from Late Latin incorporatio. By surface analysis, incorporate + -ion.
See also for "incorporation"
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