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Intercalated
To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.
📖 Definitions of "Intercalated"
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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.
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To insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. (Compare interpolate.)
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Interleaved, formed in distinctly alternating layers.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Intercalated"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| interbedded | (geology) Occurring between beds of rock. |
| interspersed | Placed at intervals amongst other things. |
| interlayered | (geology) Having a specified second material between the layers of the primary material |
| alternantnoun | (linguistics) An alternative form or allomorph. |
| intercolumniated | (architecture) Exhibiting intercolumniation. |
| crossbedded | (geology) Arranged in a crossbedding. |
| laminated | Made by lamination. |
| en echelon | In echelon: |
| imbricatedverb | Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined. |
| subcolumnarnoun | (geology) Imperfectly or columnar. |
| interstratified | Stratified with two alternating types of strata. |
| straticulate | (geology) Said of sedimentary rock exhibiting thin layers, whether or not they control how the rock breaks. Compare with laminated. |
| stratified | Arranged in a sequence of layers or strata. |
| egg-crated | Having a texture with regular indentations similar to that of an egg carton or regular holes in a grid pattern; corrugated or latticed. |
| meromictic | (hydrology, of a lake) Having layers of water that do not intermix. |
| intertissued | interwoven |
| layered | Formed of layers. |
| holomictic | (of a lake) Having layers of water that intermix at least once a year. |
| foliated | (geology, of a rock) Having a structure of thin layers. |
| synclinalnoun | (geology) A synclinal fold. |
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