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inset

1 noun
     
Related topics: Newspapers, Publishing
in‧set1 [countable]
1TCN a small picture, map etc in the corner of a page or larger picture etc, which shows more detail or information:
The venture earned Mr Taylor (inset) millions of dollars.
2 something which is fixed into or onto the surface of something else:
a pendant with a diamond inset
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