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pachinko(dictionary)

inclusion (iou) and pachinko (oh)


inclusion (iou)



inclusion noun. E17.
[Latin inclusio(n-), from inclus- pa. ppl stem of includere INCLUDE: see -ION.]
The action or an act of including; the fact or condition of being included; an instance of this. E17.
A. Brookner The idea of being Heather's best friend seemed to guarantee my inclusion in any future festivities.
A thing which is included; spec. (Geology), a solid fragment or a globule of liquid or gas enclosed within a rock or mineral; (Metallurgy, Cytology, etc.) a discrete body or particle recognizably distinct from the substance in which it is embedded. M19.
Math. In full inclusion function, inclusion map, inclusion mapping. A mapping of a set A into a set B containing A which maps each element of A on to itself. M20.
Comb.: inclusion body a protein capsule enclosing infective particles in a virus; inclusion function, inclusion map, inclusion mapping: see sense 3 above.

pachinko (oh)



a game that is popular in Japan, in which you can win money or prizes by making balls fall into particular places in a special machine