intercalatedadj.
/ɪnˈtəːkəleɪtɪd/ Inserted or introduced between the members of an existing series.
a. Of an additional day, month, or space of time; hence transferred of something written or spoken, etc.; interpolated.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > [adjective] > of adjustments in calculating or measuring time > intercalary or added (of a day)
bissextile1398
intercalar1582
intercalatory1610
intercalary1614
embolimaeal1677
embolimaear1677
embolismal1681
intercalarian1690
intercalate1690
embolismaean1705
embolimary1708
embolimaean1715
embolismic1736
epagomenic1839
intercalated1845
epagomenal1906
epagomenous1906
1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) v. 84 An intercalated period of subsidence, of which we have no evidence.
1846 J. Joyce Astron. in Sci. Dialogues xiii. 97 The intercalated day was called bis sexto calendas Martii.
1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh xxvii, in Wks. (1886) II. 396 Dreamy little pauses of silence, and intercalated sighs.
1883 A. Edersheim Life Jesus (ed. 6) II. 529 What follows seems an intercalated sentence.
b. Of material things; esp. geological strata.
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the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [adjective] > placed between
interject1578
intersited1578
interposed1602
interplaced1603
interjecteda1619
entre-pressed1641
intercalary1798
interceptive1819
intercalated1849
interlaid1856
interpolated1875
in-between1898
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [adjective] > of or belonging to a stratum > interstratified
intercalated1849
interstratified1849
interbedded1872
interfingering1960
1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria iv. 84 The intercalated beds of fossiliferous grits.
1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man viii. 138 The liquefaction of underlying or intercalated snow and ice.
1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xi. 194.
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