inset
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English insetten, from Old English insettan (“to set in, institute, appoint”), equivalent to in- + set. Cognate with Dutch inzetten (“to insert, set in”), Low German insetten (“to set in”), German einsetzen (“to insert, employ”), Danish indsætte (“to insert”), Swedish insätta (“to inset, induct, institute”), Icelandic innsetja (“to install”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]inset (third-person singular simple present insets, present participle insetting, simple past and past participle inset or insetted)
- (transitive) To set in; infix or implant.
- (transitive) To insert something.
- (transitive) To add an inset to something.
Noun
[edit]inset (plural insets)
- A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.
- 1990, M. E. Cage, D. Y. Yu, G. Marullo Reedtz, “Observation and an Explanation of Breakdown of the Quantum Hall Effect”, in Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, volume 95, number 1:
- The inset of figure 1 shows the geometry of the samples.
- Anything inserted.
- A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.
- (telecommunications) A modular microphone that can be removed from a telephone handset without disassembly.
- 1998, Andrew Emmerson, Electronic Classics: Collecting, Restoring and Repair, page 99:
- Microphone insets can deteriorate and older examples may produce a permanent frying noise.
- (mining) An opening partway down a shaft, giving access to the intermediate levels.
Translations
[edit]smaller thing set into a larger thing
anything inserted
small piece of material used to strengthen a garment
Adjective
[edit]inset (comparative further inset, superlative furthest inset)
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]- Tiens, set in, Tines, senti, nites, tsien, snite, set-in, tsine, Stein, neist, -stein, sient, stein, tines
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]inset
Alternative forms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “inset” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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