挿そう入にゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

insertion; inserting; interposition

General use for putting something into, between, or within something else, including text, images, objects, or inserted material. It can also cover technical ideas such as inserting an element or infixing in linguistic description.

• 文ぶん書しょに画が像ぞうを挿そう入にゅうする。

  Insert an image into the document.

• 引いん用よう文ぶんを本ほん文ぶんの途と中ちゅうに挿そう入にゅうした。

  I inserted the quotation in the middle of the text.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

sexual penetration

A specific sexual or medical use of the same idea of insertion. The word itself is not vulgar, but the context may be explicit or clinical.

• 性せい交こう時じの挿そう入にゅうで痛いたみがある場ば合あいは、医い師しに相そう談だんしてください。

  If you have pain during penetration in intercourse, please consult a doctor.

noun

interpolation

Mathematical term for interpolation, i.e. obtaining or placing an intermediate value between known values. In many technical contexts, 補間 is also an important comparison word.

• 数すう学がくでは、既き知ちのデータの間あいだの値あたいを求もとめる操そう作さを挿そう入にゅうと呼よぶことがある。

  In mathematics, the operation of finding a value between known data points may be called interpolation.