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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats