inscription

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The act or an instance of inscribing.

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A marking, such as the wording on a coin, medal, monument, or seal, that is inscribed.

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A piece of material, such as a stone or metal tablet, that is inscribed.

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An enrollment or a registration of names.

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A short, signed message in a book or on a photograph given as a gift.

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The usually informal dedication of a book or an artistic work.

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In geometry, the inscribingof one figure in another; also, the state of being so inscribed.

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A tendinous line interrupting the fleshy fibers of a muscle: seen especially in the abdominal muscles.

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The act of inscribing, in any sense of that word.