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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTERCALAR, INTERCALARY

a.[L. intercalarius; inter and calo, to call or proclaim. ] Inserted; an epithet given to the odd day inserted in leap year. The twenty ninth of February in leap year is called the intercalary day. We read in Livy of an intercalary month.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INTERCALAR

INTERCALAR In *ter "ca *lar, a.

 

Defn: Intercalary.

 

INTERCALARY

In *ter "ca *la *ry, a. Etym: [L. intercalaris, intercalarius: cf. F.intercalaire. See Intercalate. ]

 

1. (Chron.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

intercalary

in ter ca lar y |inˈtərkəˌlerē, ˌintərˈkalərē ɪnˈtərkəlɛri | adjective 1 (of a day or a month ) inserted in the calendar to harmonize it with the solar year, e.g., February 29 in leap years. of the nature of an insertion: elaborate intercalary notes and footnotes. 2 Botany (of the meristem of a plant ) located between its daughter cells, esp. (in a grass ) at or near the base of a leaf. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin intercalarius, from intercalare (see intercalate ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

intercalary

intercalary |ɪnˈtəːkəl (ə )ri, ˌɪntəˈkal (ə )ri | adjective 1 (of a day or a month ) inserted in the calendar to harmonize it with the solar year, e.g. 29 February in leap years. 2 (of an academic year or period ) additional to the standard course and taken at a different institution. 3 of the nature of an insertion. 4 Botany (of the meristem of a plant ) located between its daughter cells, especially (in a grass ) at or near the base of a leaf. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin intercalarius, from intercalare (see intercalate ).

 

Spanish Dictionary

intercalar

intercalar 1 verbo transitivo Interponer o situar entre dos o más elementos o partes de un conjunto o serie un elemento nuevo :la voz intercala entre las notas fundamentales otras notas de paso indeterminadas; la balada consta de varias estrofas entre las que se intercala un estribillo; los argumentos estaban todavía en su mayoría extraídos de la mitología griega pero ya se intercalaba lo cómico .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xvi ) del latín intercalare (verbo ).

 

intercalar

intercalar 2 adjetivo 1 Intercalado :día intercalar .2 med [contracción cardíaca ] Que es anormal e irregular entre dos latidos normales . VÉASE año intercalar . ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xv ) del latín intercalaris (adjetivo ).