inset
pronunciation
How to pronounce inset in British English:
UK [ˈɪnset]
How to pronounce inset in American English:
US [ˈɪnˌsɛt, ɪnˈsɛt]
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- Noun:
- a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
- an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
- a piece of material inset to strengthen or enlarge a garment
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- Verb:
- set or place in
Word Origin
- inset (n.)
- 1550s, "influx of water, place where water flows in," from in + set (n.2). Meaning "extra pages of a book, etc." is from 1875; that of "small map in the border of a larger one" is from 1881.
Example
- 1. Inset : melbourne across port phillip bay .
- 2. The cases are packaged in bamboo boxes inset with layers of skateboard wood
- 3. Fixation strength comparison of onlay and inset patellar implants .
- 4. Named for the impressionist painter , the 52 kilometer diameter crater is also shown in an inset context image from the mariner 10 flyby mission in the mid 1970s .
- 5. To test the idea , scientists etched a picture of a tank onto a silicon surface ( inset ) .