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Definition of Intercalation
1. Noun. An insertion into a calendar.
Definition of Intercalation
1. n. The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.
Definition of Intercalation
1. Noun. a period inserted into a calendar as in a leap year. ¹
2. Noun. (chemistry) The reversible insertion of a molecule between two others ¹
3. Noun. (geology) A layer introduced into a pre-existing sequence ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intercalation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Intercalation
1. Insertion into a pre existing structure, for example (a) nucleotide sequences into DNA (or RNA), (b) molecules into structures such as membranes. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intercalation
Literary usage of Intercalation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1891)
"ON 'intercalation OF VERTEBRA.1 G. BAUR. WHEN we have two nearly related animals,
... Positive cases of intercalation, however, have seldom been recorded. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"Vertebral intercalation in Necturus. (Read by title.) HG BUMPUS. ... and so it
is improbable that intercalation of vertebrae occurs anterior to the ..."
3. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"intercalation of 12 J days. To establish this improbable intercalation was no
... His own fantastic theory required that the intercalation should be one of ..."
4. Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar by Thomas Rice Holmes (1907)
"Let us now examine the theory of Matzat,1 namely, that the first intercalation
took place in 710. This writer believes that Caesar's reason for ..."
5. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1899)
"The only possible forms for such a correction were an alternate intercalation of
thirteen and twelve days at the end of each 52-years period, or an uniform ..."
6. Researches, Philosophical and Antiquarian, Concerning the Aboriginal History by James Haines McCulloh (1829)
"... and to provide for a regular intercalation of the hours, by which solar time
exceeds that of the apparent year. Why these nations have selected those ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"According to tho Gregorian, rule of intercalation, therefore, every year of •which
the number is divisible by four without a remainder, in a leap year, ..."
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