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intercalation
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intercalation
n.
insertion, addition; addition of an extra day or month to the calendar
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Intercalation
Intercalation may refer to:
- Intercalation (biochemistry), insertion of a molecule into DNA between the bases
- Intercalation (chemistry), insertion of a molecule (or ion) into layered solids such as graphite
- Intercalation (timekeeping), insertion of a leap day, week or month into some calendar years to make the calendar follow the seasons
- Intercalation (university administration), period when a student is officially suspended from studying for an academic degree
- Intercalation (geology), a special form of interbedding, where two distinct depositional environments in close spacial proximity migrate back and forth across the border zone
- In biology:
- Intercalary segment, an appendage-less segment in the segmental composition of the heads of insects and Myriapoda
- Intercalation (biochemistry), process discovered by Leonard Lerman by which certain drugs and mutagens insert themselves between base pairs of DNA
- Intercalated cells of the amygdala
- Intercalated cells of the collecting duct
- Intercalated disc of cardiac muscle
- Intercalated duct of exocrine glands
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intercalation
Noun
1. an insertion into a calendar
(synonym) embolism
(hypernym) time interval, interval
(part-holonym) calendar
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intercalation
nf.
intercalation, insertion, addition; addition of an extra day or month to the calendar
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Intercalation
(n.)
The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers.
The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers.
(n.)
The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.
The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.
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