Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chronology, an official insertion of additional time, as a day or a month, in the regular reckoning of the calendar, to make the year of the right length. See
intercalary , 1. - noun Hence The insertion of anything between other things; irregular interposition or interjection, as, in geology, the intrusion of layers or beds between the regular rocks of a series.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chron.) The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.
- noun (Geol.) The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a period inserted into a calendar as in a
leap year . - noun chemistry The reversible
insertion of amolecule between two others - noun geology A layer introduced into a pre-existing sequence
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- noun an insertion into a calendar
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ashur points to the late addition of this intercalated month, and makes it probable also that the intercalation is the work of astronomers standing under Assyrian authority.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891
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After this series, I plan to do one called "Present day batteries" where I will focus on intercalation and then one called "Future of batteries" where conversion etc will come in.
A Brief History of Batteries- Part 1 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010
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“The word seems to be a Customs intercalation,” constitutional scholar Joaquin Bernas, SJ noted.
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“The word seems to be a Customs intercalation,” constitutional scholar Joaquin Bernas, SJ noted.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Extensive transitional landforms comprise an extremely complex intercalation of limestone massifs and terrigenous terrain with a diversity of rock types.
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But the Prophet, in the tenth Hijrah year, most unwisely forbade “Nasy” = triennial intercalation (Koran ix. 36) and thus the lunar month went round all the seasons.
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For many years, the method of choice for supercoiled plasmid and virus DNA purification was cesium chloride density gradient centrifugation in the presence of an intercalation agent (such as ethidium bromide or propidium iodide).
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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The intercalation of a 12-day New Fire festival period once every 52 years brought the Mexicas into nearly perfect synchronization with the true cycles of earth and sun.
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The intercalation of a 12-day New Fire festival period once every 52 years brought the Mexicas into nearly perfect synchronization with the true cycles of earth and sun.
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The intercalation of the drug test between application and hiring tilts the playing field even further, establishing that you, and not the employer, are the one who has something to prove.
Nickel and Dimed Ehrenreich, Barbara 2001
fbharjo commented on the word intercalation
also known as the "sandwich" technique.
February 15, 2012