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intercalation
[ in-tur-kuh-ley-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of intercalating; insertion or interpolation, as in a series.
- something that is intercalated; interpolation.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of intercalation1
First recorded in 1570–80, intercalation is from the Latin word intercalātiōn- (stem of intercalātiō ). See intercalate, -ion
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Example Sentences
Before the intercalation the dominical letter had retrograded one place less.
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Dion Cassius in expressing the rule as to intercalation uses the phrase, διὰ πέντε ἐτῶν.
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The periods of intercalation were at first every two years, then three, and lastly four, and eight.
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In the days of Numa it consisted of twelve lunar months, with a system of intercalation something like that of the Greeks.
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It was with a view to that object principally that each Grecian city arranged its calendar and its system of intercalation.
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