inclusion (redirected from cell inclusion)

in·clu·sion  (n-klzhn)

n.

1. The act of including or the state of being included.

2. Something included.

3. Geology A solid, liquid, or gaseous foreign body enclosed in a mineral or rock.

4. Biology A nonliving mass, such as a droplet of fat, in the cytoplasm of a cell.

5. Computer Science A logical operation that assumes the second statement of a pair is true if the first one is true.

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[Latin inclsi, inclsin-, from inclsus, past participle of incldere, to enclose; see include.]

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in·clusion·ary (-zh-nr) adj.

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inclusion [ɪnˈkluːʒən]

n

1. the act of including or the state of being included

2. something included

3. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology a solid fragment, liquid globule, or pocket of gas enclosed in a mineral or rock

4. (Mathematics) Maths

a.  the relation between two sets that obtains when all the members of the first are members of the second. Symbol X≨Y

b. 

strict or proper inclusion the relation that obtains between two sets when the first includes the second but not vice versa. Symbol X⊂Y

5. (Engineering / General Engineering) Engineering a foreign particle in a metal, such as a particle of metal oxide

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	inclusion - the state of being included situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt embrace - the state of taking in or encircling; "an island in the embrace of the sea" encompassment - including entirely exclusion - the state of being excluded
	2.	inclusion - the relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work" comprehension involvement - a connection of inclusion or containment; "he escaped involvement in the accident"; "there was additional involvement of the liver and spleen"
	3.	inclusion - any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell" cellular inclusion, inclusion body body - an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body" plasmid, plasmid DNA - a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication cancer body, Russell's body - an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer
	4.	inclusion - the act of including step-up, increase - the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary" incorporation - including by incorporating

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inclusion

noun addition, incorporation, introduction, insertion a confident performance which justified his inclusion in the team
exception, rejection, exclusion, omission

Translations

inclusion [ɪnˈkluːʒən] N → inclusión f

inclusion [ɪnˈkluːʒ^ən] n (in team, group) → inclusion f; (in collection, selection) → inclusion f

inclusion

n → Aufnahme f; the team was revamped with the inclusion of John → das Team wurde neu zusammengestellt und John gehörte dazu

inclusion [ɪnˈkluːʒ/ən] n → inclusione f