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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  inclusion 
  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:  {comprehension}] 
  3:  an  small  intracellular  body  found  within  another 
  (characteristic  of  certain  diseases);  "an  inclusion  in  the 
  cytoplasm  of  the  cell"  [syn:  {inclusion  body}] 
  4:  the  act  of  including 




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