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a. [ L. intercalaris, intercalarius: cf. F. intercalaire. See Intercalate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Chron.) Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary. “Intercalary spines.” Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

This intercalary line . . . is made the last of a triplet. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

Intercalary day (Med.), one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs. Mayne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intercalated p. pr. & vb. n. Intercalating ] [ L. intercalatus, p. p. of intercalare to intercalate to intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim. See Calendar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Chron.) To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale. Mantell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. intercalatio: cf. F. intercalation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Chron.) The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Intercalations of fresh-water species in some localities. Mantell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as, an intercarotid ganglion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations, ligaments. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate. [ Obs. ] Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]