Inclusion

Quick meaning: Inclusion is a noun meaning (countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
2. (countable) Anything foreign that is included in a material.
3. (countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.
4. (cytology) A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.
5. (histology) An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.
6. (mathematics) A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.
7. (obsolete) Restriction; limitation.

Example Sentences

The poem was a new inclusion in the textbook.

The inclusion of the poem added value to the course.

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.

Word Forms

• inclusions

Synonyms for inclusion

Depending on context, synonyms include comprehension.

Antonyms for inclusion

Common opposites include exclusion.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include comprehension, include, incorporate, integrating, integration, accession.

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