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Inclusion

Inclusion
1. The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy.
2. (Science: chemical) a foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral.
Origin: L. Inclusio: cf. F. Inclusion. See Include.


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