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noun

Intercalation n.

(Chron.) The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.

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. "Intercalations of fresh-water species in some localities."

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Etymology of 'Intercalation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Intercalation" Quotes from Famous Books

... the hollow vessell, whose compasse was a foote moreouer about, then the subiacent of it, with their heades lifted vp vpon their Vipers feete, with a conuenient and decent intercalation, there were placed sixe little scaly Dragons, of pure shining Golde, with such a deuise, that the water comming from the teates of the Ladies, did fall directly vppon the euacuated and open crowne of the head of the Dragons, afore spoken of, with their winges spredde abroad, ...

— Hypnerotomachia - The Strife of Loue in a Dreame • Francesco Colonna

... up so easily, and so his vengeance followed him into the unseen and unknown world. How the doctrine got in among, the legends of the church we are no more bound to show than we are to account for the intercalation of the "three witnesses" text, or the false insertion, or false omission, whichever it may be, of the last twelve verses of the Gospel of St Mark. We do not hang our grandmothers now, as our ancestors did theirs, on the strength of the positive ...

— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

Words linked to "Intercalation" : calendar, interval