Associations to the word «Intercalation»

Wiktionary

INTERCALATION, noun. A period inserted into a calendar as in a leap year.
INTERCALATION, noun. (chemistry) The reversible insertion of a molecule between two others.
INTERCALATION, noun. (geology) A layer introduced into a pre-existing sequence.
INTERCALATION COMPOUND, noun. (chemistry) a crystalline solid consisting of a host lattice containing voids into which guest atoms or molecules are inserted

Dictionary definition

INTERCALATION, noun. An insertion into a calendar.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca