inclusion

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English

Alternative forms

• enclusion (obsolete)

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkluːʒən/
• Rhymes: -uːʒən

Noun

inclusion (countable and uncountable, plural inclusions)

1. (countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.

2. (uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.

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.
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.

Antonyms

• exclusion

Derived terms

Related terms

• include

Translations

See also

• Inclusion (mineral) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• inclusion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French inclusion, borrowed from Latin inclūsiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kly.zjɔ̃/

Noun

inclusion f (countable and uncountable, plural inclusions)

1. inclusion

Related terms

• inclure
• inclus
• inclusif

Further reading

• “inclusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin inclūsiō.

Noun

inclusion f (plural inclusions)

1. inclusion

Related terms

• inclure

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 559.
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 338.