英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈɪnsɛt/
• 韻: -ɪnsɛt

動詞

inset (third-person singular simple present insets, present participle insetting, simple past and past participle inset or insetted)

1. (transitive) To set in; infix or implant.
2. (transitive) To insert something.
3. (transitive) To add an inset to something.

名詞

inset (plural insets)

1. 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.

2. Anything inserted.
3. A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.
4. (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.

5. (mining) An opening partway down a shaft, giving access to the intermediate levels.

形容詞

inset (comparative further inset, superlative furthest inset)

1. Having been inset.

   Coordinate terms: embedded, recessed

   the inset diamonds

   the inset liners

参考

• carbon inset
• INSET day

アナグラム

• Tiens, set in, Tines, senti, nites, tsien, snite, set-in, tsine, Stein, neist, -stein, sient, stein, tines