Meanings
plural intercalations
- countableuncountableA period inserted into a calendar as in a leap year.
- countableuncountablegeographyA layer introduced into a pre-existing sequence.
Their exact relationship to the host-rock is obscure but from their texture and observed metamorphic relationship they are thought to be intrusive dykes rather than intercalations of more basic lava.
1968, Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa, page 148
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latinintercalō
- Englishintercalation
From Latin intercalō, from inter (“among”) + calō (“call out, proclaim”).
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Bulgarian интеркалация
- интеркалация (interkalacija)chemistry: the reversible insertion of a molecule between two others
German Einschaltung, Interkalation
- Einschaltungperiod inserted into a calendar as in a leap year
- Interkalationperiod inserted into a calendar as in a leap year
Hungarian interkaláció, szökőnap beszúrása/betoldása/közbeiktatása
- interkalációperiod inserted into a calendar as in a leap year
- szökőnap beszúrása/betoldása/közbeiktatásaperiod inserted into a calendar as in a leap year
- interkalációchemistry: the reversible insertion of a molecule between two others
Polish interkalacja
- interkalacjaperiod inserted into a calendar as in a leap year
Romanian intercalare
- intercalareperiod inserted into a calendar as in a leap year
Russian интеркаляция
- интеркаляция (interkaljacija)chemistry: the reversible insertion of a molecule between two others
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