inset

inset

—vb , -sets, -setting, -set
1.	(tr) to set or place in or within; insert

—n
2.	something inserted
3.	printing
	a. a small map or diagram set within the borders of a larger one
	b. another name for insert
4.	a piece of fabric inserted into a garment, as to shape it or for decoration
5.	a flowing in, as of the tide

'insetter

—n

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Word Origin & History

inset

1559, influx of water, place where water flows in," from in + set. Meaning "extra pages of a book, etc." is from 1875; that of "small map in the border of a larger one" is from 1881.

Example sentences

In the picture inset, you can actually see the motion of the neutron star over the six years between observations.

Features full color team logo and name on white enamel inset.

The team, seen inset surrounding the tusks, also uncovered some of the animal's leg bones and parts of a jaw with molars.

The cabinet inserts, inset with bamboo rings, echo the room's circle motif.

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"Avrum was there in the audience, I believe, in Berkeley on the afternoon in 1941 when, in conformity with the law subsequently enunciated by Murphy, what could go wrong, epistemologically, did. G.E. Moore was delivering the Howison Lecture in Wheeler Auditorium, which had a handsome coffered ceiling inset with glass panels. Giving a local angle to his defence of common sense, Moore declared that among the things he knew there and then was that light from the sun was streaming through the roof. Most in the audience were aware, however, that the glass panels were diffusers for electrical illumination; the roof of the building was solid and opaque. Someone had the temerity to point this out to Moore in the question period. He responded, "Oh dear me!" and went on to the next question."

-Wallace Matson

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