inset

present singular third person insets · participle present insetting · participle past insetted · past insetted

1. transitiveTo set in; infix or implant.
2. transitiveTo insert something.
3. transitiveTo add an inset to something.

plural insets

1. A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.

   a map of the whole state with city maps as insets

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   The inset of figure 1 shows the geometry of the samples.

   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

2. Anything inserted.
3. A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.
4. communicationsA modular microphone that can be removed from a telephone handset without disassembly.

   Microphone insets can deteriorate and older examples may produce a permanent frying noise.

   1998, Andrew Emmerson, Electronic Classics: Collecting, Restoring and Repair, page 99

5. businessAn opening partway down a shaft, giving access to the intermediate levels.

comparative further inset · comparative farther inset · superlative furthest inset · superlative farthest inset

1. Having been inset.

   the inset liners

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   the inset diamonds