inclusions

 [in-kloo-zhuhn]  

in·clu·sion

   [in-kloo-zhuhn]
noun
1.
the act of including.
2.
the state of being included.
3.
something that is included.
4.
Biology. a body suspended in the cytoplasm, as a granule.
5.
Mineralogy. a solid body or a body of gas or liquid enclosed within the mass of a mineral.
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6.
Petrography. xenolith.
7.
Logic, Mathematics. the relationship between two sets when the second is a subset of the first.
COLLAPSE
Origin:
1590–1600; 1945–50 for def. 7; < Latin inclūsiōn- (stem of inclūsiō) a shutting in, equivalent to inclūs(us) (see incluse) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms
non·in·clu·sion, noun
pre·in·clu·sion, noun
re·in·clu·sion, noun
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Inclusions is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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