intercalary
Americanadjective
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inserted or interpolated in the calendar, as an extra day or month; intercalated.
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having such an inserted day, month, etc., as a particular year.
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inserted or introduced between other things or parts; interpolated; interposed.
adjective
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(of a day, month, etc) inserted in the calendar
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(of a particular year) having one or more days inserted
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inserted, introduced, or interpolated
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botany growing between the upper branches and the lower branches or bracts on a stem
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Etymology
Origin of intercalary
First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin intercalārius, equivalent to intercal(āre) “to intercalate ” + -ārius -ary
Example Sentences
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But all this — this gripping story about the outrages endured on a pre-Civil War Georgia farm — appears only in the intercalary chapters, or “Songs,” as Jeffers calls them.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2021
The reflection between Sarat’s private ordeal and the country’s vast, ongoing calamity is sustained by a series of intercalary chapters: excerpts from history books, news reports, memoirs and speeches.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2017
By analysing unassembled genomic data we estimated total amounts of 15.4Mb centromeric, 6.0Mb intercalary, and 0.6Mb subtelomeric satellite DNA, as well as 10.0Mb of 18S-5.8S-25S and 5S ribosomal genes.
From Nature ● Jan. 22, 2014
Large squarish lateral intercalary blotches of darker brown interconnect with the dorsal blotches.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by William E. Duellman
Hence the first three years of the Egyptian intercalary period begin on the 29th of our August, and the fourth begins on the 30th of that month.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
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