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.
文書に画像を挿入する。
Insert an image into the document.
引用
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.
性交時の挿入で痛みがある場合は、医師に相談してください。
If you have pain during penetration in intercourse, please consult a doctor.
noun
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.
数学では、既知のデータの間の値を求める操作を挿入と呼ぶことがある。
In mathematics, the operation of finding a value between known data points may be called interpolation.