intercalated
verb
- 1
To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.
- 2
To insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The Hebrew calendar has such a month.
- 3
To insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues.
- 4
To insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. (Compare interpolate.)
adjective
- 1
Interleaved, formed in distinctly alternating layers.
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