intercalate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to interpolate; interpose.
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to insert (an extra day, month, etc.) in the calendar.
verb
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to insert (one or more days) into the calendar
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to interpolate or insert
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of intercalate
First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin intercalātus, past participle of intercalāre “to insert a day or month into the calendar,” equivalent to inter- “between, among, together” + calā- (stem of calāre “to proclaim”) + -tus past participle suffix; see inter-
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“The messenger RNA from the vaccine does not form a triple helix, and it certainly doesn’t intercalate with the DNA to form a triple helix in any way,” Kuritzkes said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
In this case, the palaeontologist is called upon suddenly to intercalate about 800 species of Mollusca and Radiata, between the fauna of the Lower Lias and that of the Middle Trias.
From The Antiquity of Man by Sir Charles Lyell
But he was not born to live continually in outland parts, loving rather to intercalate fierce adventures between spells of home-keeping.
From The Path of the King by John Buchan
Or yet again she'd intercalate a touch, An episode or version.
From Toward the Gulf by Edgar Lee Masters
The era began on the 11th of July 552, and their year is vague, that is to say, it does not intercalate a day in February every fourth year, like the Julian calendar.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
Therefore, much lab work has been needed to devise new intercalated materials for imparting next-generation device functionalities.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2024
"Other computational models in the literature lack a physical basis or validation against unknown intercalated compounds."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2024
"We are the first to develop accurate predictive tools for host-guest intercalation energies, and the stability of intercalated compounds," explains Naoto Kawaguchi, lead author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2024
This line is called an intercalated disc: it assists in passing electrical impulse efficiently from one cell to the next and maintains the strong connection between neighboring cardiac cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
How long ago this occurred we do not know, but one of the last intercalated mild periods of the glacial epoch itself seems to offer all the necessary conditions.
From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Alfred Russel Wallace
When they link up, they form intercalating discs that allow the cells to communicate with each other and begin contracting in synchrony.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The Vicar, dishevelled and desperate, intercalating spasmodic remorse and apprehension with broken explanations of the Theory of Etiquette.
From The Wonderful Visit by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The old practice of intercalating a month was of course dropped.
From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Aubrey Stewart
Thus, after intercalating in year one, they intercalated again in year four, instead of in year five.
From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Aubrey Stewart
Hence it may be seen that by intercalating a month every three years the new moons are restored, very nearly, to the place they occupied three years before.
From Our Calendar by George Nichols Packer
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