Definition of Inclusion

1. Noun. The state of being included.

Generic synonyms: Situation, State Of Affairs
Specialized synonyms: Embrace, Encompassment
Antonyms: Exclusion

2. Noun. The relation of comprising something. "He admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"
Exact synonyms: Comprehension
Generic synonyms: Involvement
Derivative terms: Comprehend

3. Noun. Any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases). "An inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"
Exact synonyms: Cellular Inclusion, Inclusion Body
Generic synonyms: Body
Specialized synonyms: Plasmid, Plasmid Dna, Cancer Body, Russell's Body

4. Noun. The act of including.
Generic synonyms: Increase, Step-up
Specialized synonyms: Incorporation
Derivative terms: Include, Include, Include

Definition of Inclusion

1. n. The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy.

Definition of Inclusion

1. Noun. An addition or annex to a group, set, or total. ¹

2. Noun. The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total. ¹

3. Noun. Anything foreign that is included in a material, ¹

4. Noun. (countable mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inclusion

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Inclusion

1. 1. The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy. 2. A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral. Origin: L. Inclusio: cf. F. Inclusion. See Include. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inclusion

inclosures
incloud
inclouded
inclouding
inclouds
includability
includable
include
include me out
included
includes
includible
including
inclusa
inclusible
inclusion (current term)
inclusion blennorrhoea
inclusion bodies
inclusion body
inclusion body disease
inclusion body encephalitis
inclusion body rhinitis
inclusion cell
inclusion cell disease
inclusion compound
inclusion conjunctivitis
inclusion conjunctivitis viruses
inclusion cyst
inclusion dermoid

Literary usage of Inclusion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Accounting Theory and Practice by Roy Bernard Kester (1918)
"Further argument for the inclusion of interest as an item of cost is the ... Arguments against the inclusion of Interest The majority of accountants are, ..."

2. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen (1884)
"They are met with most commonly in the subcutaneous tissue in situations in which their position can be explained by the process of inclusion above ..."

3. Cost Accounting: Principles and Practice by John Packard Jordan, Gould Leach Harris (1920)
"Arguments For and Against inclusion of Interest in Cost The arguments lor the inclusion ... Interest inclusion bears a close relation to business policies. ..."

4. Construction Price Indices: Sources and Methods by (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, Statistics Directorate (1997)
"These should include those listed previously for inclusion in input indices, plus changes in productivity, profits. Output indices should not include ..."

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