insertion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of inserting, or something inserted.

   The surgeon performed the insertion of a pacemaker.

2. 2
   noun

   the act of putting one thing into another

3. 3
   noun

   a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted

4. 4
   noun

   The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.

5. 5
   noun

   The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.

6. 6
   noun

   The process of going from subcritical to prompt critical.

Etymology

From insert + -ion.