verb Download 🔗Share To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena. Examples : "To keep the calendar aligned with the seasons, they intercalated an extra day in February. " time astronomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The Hebrew calendar has such a month. Examples : "To keep the lunar cycle aligned with the seasons, the Hebrew calendar intercalates an extra month during certain years. " time history religion Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues. Examples : "The student intercalated a blank page between each chapter of her notes to allow room for additions. " chemistry biology biochemistry medicine substance physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. (Compare interpolate.) Examples : "The teacher intercalated short review quizzes between the new lessons to help students remember past material. " grammar linguistics word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Interleaved, formed in distinctly alternating layers. Examples : "The textbook had pages of text intercalated with colorful diagrams to break up the monotony. " structure material geology science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading