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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

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—Related forms

in·ter·ca·lar·i·ly, adverb

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in·ter·ca·lar·y Audio Help (ĭn-tûr'kə-lěr'ē, ĭn'tər-kāl'ə-rē) Pronunciation Key
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.
Inserted between other elements or parts; interpolated.

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

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intercalary
adjective
having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year: "Feb. 29 is an intercalary day"; "a leap year is an intercalary year"

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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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