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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCLU'SION, n. s as z. [L. inclusio.] The act of including.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state of being included [ant: exclusion]
2: the relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work" [syn: inclusion, comprehension]
3: any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell" [syn: inclusion body, cellular inclusion, inclusion]
4: the act of including

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin inclusion-, inclusio, from includere Date: 1600 1. the act of including ; the state of being included 2. something that is included: as a. a gaseous, liquid, or solid foreign body enclosed in a mass (as of a mineral) b. a passive usually temporary product of cell activity (as a starch grain) within the cytoplasm or nucleus 3. a relation between two classes that exists when all members of the first are also members of the second — compare membership 3 4. the act or practice of including students with disabilities in regular school classes • inclusionary adjective

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inclusion In*clu"sion, n. [L. inclusio: cf. F. inclusion. See Include.] 1. The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy. --Sir W. Temple. 2. (Min.) A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(inclusions) Inclusion is the act of making a person or thing part of a group or collection. ...a confident performance which justified his inclusion in the team. N-VAR: usu with poss

Moby Thesaurus

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