insertion (n.)

  1. a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; with the help of his friends interpolations his story was eventually told; with many insertions in the margins

    [ Syn: interpolation ]

  2. the act of putting one thing into another

    [ Syn: introduction , intromission ]

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