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inclusion

/ɪnˈkluːʒən/

noun

Meaning

  • An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.

    "The poem was a new inclusion in the textbook."

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

    "The inclusion of the poem added value to the course."

  • Anything foreign that is included in a material,

  • Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.

  • A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.

  • An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.

  • A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.

  • Restriction; limitation.