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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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 ).
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