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in⋅ter⋅ca⋅lar⋅y

  [in-tur-kuh-ler-ee, in-ter-kal-uh-ree]
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–adjective
1. interpolated; interposed.
2. inserted or interpolated in the calendar, as an extra day or month.
3. having such an inserted day, month, etc., as a particular year.
Origin:
1605–15; < L intercalārius, equiv. to intercal(āre) to intercalate + -ārius -ary

Related forms:
in⋅ter⋅ca⋅lar⋅i⋅ly, adverb
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in·ter·ca·lar·y   (ĭn-tûr'kə-lěr'ē, ĭn'tər-kāl'ə-rē)   
adj.  
    1. Inserted in the calendar to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year. Used of a day or month.
    2. Having such a day or month inserted. Used of a year.
  2. Inserted between other elements or parts; interpolated.

[Latin intercalārius, intercalāris, from intercalāre, to intercalate; see intercalate.]
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Intercalary

In*ter"ca*la*ry\ (?; 277), a. [L. intercalaris, intercalarius: cf. F. intercalaire. See Intercalate.]

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.

2. Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary. "Intercalary spines." --Owen.

This intercalary line . . . is made the last of a triplet. --Beattie.

Intercalary day (Med.), one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs. --Mayne.
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intercalary in·ter·ca·lar·y (ĭn-tûr'kə-lěr'ē, ĭn'tər-kāl'ə-rē)
adj.
Occurring between two others, as an upstroke between two normal pulse beats in a pulse tracing.

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