Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The omission, dropping out, absence, or removal (of something) from a connected series: the opposite of
intercalation . - noun Specifically The absence, in a race of organisms, of any element in a series of homologous parts, such as a limb or a pair of limbs in an arthropod, or of a vertebra in the spinal column of a vertebrate, considered as evidence that the part in question has been lost or suppressed.
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Examples
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They have to say, ok this is excalation not surge.
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Although we experienced a modest excalation in cost, expanded metallurgical shipments increased adjusted EBITDA and per ton margins by 19% and 21% respectively compared to fourth quarter of 2009.
unknown title 2011
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I was unable to speak to them on the phone, first I got several very rude people and then I was on hold for almost one hour for an excalation expert.
unknown title 2009
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The sole explanation for the fall in the monthly death rate for Iraqi civilians was the troop excalation
The Blue Voice 2009
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The guilty ones are the ones who knowingly pushed for an excalation in military action when the evidence didn’t support a military action.
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