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inclusion

/ˌɪnˈkluʒən/

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What does inclusion mean?

noun

  1. An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
  2. The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
  3. Anything foreign that is included in a material.
More meanings (5)

noun

  1. Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.
  2. A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.
  3. An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.
  4. A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.
  5. (obsolete) Restriction; limitation.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌɪnˈkluʒən/

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The inclusion of swindling in our discussion is due to the natural evolution of this type of conduct from pathological lying.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449
Since the date of the inclusion of the Baram, the Raj of Sarawak has been again extended towards the north on three.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307
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Perhaps, therefore, it was its inclusion of absurdities, quite as much as its legitimate value, that gave vogue to the celebrated work of Pliny.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705
The residence, pursuits, successes, and failures of men are the things that give the geographic data their reason for inclusion in the material of instruction.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
If you have access to any figures which do not appear in the footnoted materials, please send them to us for inclusion in the next edition.
United States. Bureau of the CensusUnited States Census Figures Back to 1630Project Gutenberg ebook #115