verb🔗ShareTo insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena."To keep the calendar aligned with the seasons, they intercalated an extra day in February. "timeastronomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose. The Hebrew calendar has such a month."To keep the lunar cycle aligned with the seasons, the Hebrew calendar intercalates an extra month during certain years. "timehistoryreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues."The student intercalated a blank page between each chapter of her notes to allow room for additions. "chemistrybiologybiochemistrymedicinesubstancephysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. (Compare interpolate.)"The teacher intercalated short review quizzes between the new lessons to help students remember past material. "grammarlinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareInterleaved, formed in distinctly alternating layers."The textbook had pages of text intercalated with colorful diagrams to break up the monotony. "structurematerialgeologyscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
