INCORPORATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incorporation mean? 

• INCORPORATION (noun)
  The noun INCORPORATION has 3 senses:

1. consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body

2. learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself

3. including by incorporating

  Familiarity information: INCORPORATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCORPORATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("incorporation" is a kind of...):

consolidation; integration (the act of combining into an integral whole)

Derivation:

incorporate (make into a whole or make part of a whole)

incorporate (unite or merge with something already in existence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

incorporation; internalisation; internalization

Hypernyms ("incorporation" is a kind of...):

acquisition; learning (the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incorporation"):

introjection ((psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects)

introjection ((psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Including by incorporating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("incorporation" is a kind of...):

inclusion (the act of including)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incorporation"):

annexation; appropriation (incorporation by joining or uniting)

Derivation:

incorporate (make into a whole or make part of a whole)

incorporate (include or contain; have as a component)

 Context examples 

As an antimetabolite, a fluoropyrimidine interferes with pyrimidine utilization and incorporation into DNA and RNA.

(Fluoropyrimidine, NCI Thesaurus)

Driver RNA is converted to double-strand cDNA, usually with the incorporation of a tagged nucleotide, while the tester RNA is converted to first-strand cDNA (with no tag).

(cDNA Subtraction, NCI Thesaurus/OSP)

DNA sequencing in which chain termination is caused by incorporation of a dideoxynucleotide into a growing DNA strand.

(Dideoxy Chain Termination DNA Sequencing, NCI Thesaurus)

Cesalin intercalates into and crosslinks DNA and inhibits the incorporation of the nucleotides uridine and thymidine into DNA, thereby inhibiting DNA and protein synthesis.

(Cesalin, NCI Thesaurus)

After incorporation into the host cell, cidofovir is phosphorylated by pyruvate kinases to its active metabolite cidofovir diphosphate.

(Cidofovir, NCI Thesaurus)

As the proliferation of cancer cells is much higher than normal cells, tumor cells exhibit an increased rate of 18F-FMCH uptake and incorporation, allowing tumor imaging with positron emission tomography (PET).

(fluorine F 18 fluoromethylcholine, NCI Thesaurus)

The triphosphate metabolite competes with thymidine for incorporation into viral DNA, thereby causing DNA chain termination and inhibiting the function of HBV DNA polymerase (reverse transcriptase).

(Clevudine, NCI Thesaurus)

FdUMP inhibits DNA synthesis and cell division by reducing normal thymidine triphosphate production, while FUTP inhibits RNA and protein synthesis by competing with uridine triphosphate for incorporation into the RNA strand.

(Capecitabine Rapidly Disintegrating Tablet, NCI Thesaurus)

FdUMP inhibits DNA synthesis and cell division by reducing normal thymidine production, while FUTP inhibits RNA and protein synthesis by competing with uridine triphosphate for incorporation into the RNA strand.

(Capecitabine, NCI Thesaurus)

The incorporation of the activated triphosphate metabolite of entecavir inhibits the reverse transcriptase (RT) viral RNA-dependent HBV DNA polymerase and, so, the replication of viral DNA and transcription.

(Entecavir, NCI Thesaurus)