where·in

[hwair-in, wair-]
conjunction
1.
in what or in which.
adverb
2.
in what way or respect?

Origin:
1200–50; Middle English wherin. See where, in

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wherein (wɛərˈɪn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adv
1.  in what place or respect?
 
pron
2.  in which place, thing, etc

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Wherein is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
Example sentences
Furthermore of the same metals they make great chains, with fetters, and gyves
  wherein they tie their bondmen.
We need a good old fashioned generation gap, wherein the teens do their own
  thing and create their own music idols.
One that will not plead that cause wherein his tongue must be confuted by his
  conscience.
Foreign art collection for subject matter wherein the computer is utilized as a
  model of some physical or physiological system.
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