In-sēr'tion, n.

n. [Lat. insertio, Fr. insertion, Pr. insercio, Sp. insercion, It. inserzione. See supra.]

1. The act of inserting, or setting or placing in or among other things; as, the insertion of cions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings; the insertion of notices or essays in a public paper.
2. The condition of being inserted; the mode, place, or the like, of inserting; as, the insertion of stamens into a calyx; the insertion of muscles, tendons, &c., in parts of the body. Lindley.
3. That which is set in, as lace, narrow muslin, or cambric, in narrow strips, and the like.

Epigynous insertion (Bot.), the insertion of stamens upon the ovary.—Hypogynous insertion, insertion beneath the ovary.