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Definition of INTERCALATION

Intercalation
Intercalation In*ter`ca*la"tion, n. [L. intercalatio: cf. F. intercalation.] 1. (Chron.) The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar. 2. The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers. Intercalations of fresh-water species in some localities. --Mantell.

Meaning of INTERCALATION from wikipedia

- Look up intercalation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Intercalation may refer to: Intercalation (chemistry), insertion of a molecule (or ion) into...
- Look up intercalation or embolism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Intercalation or embolism in timekeeping is the insertion of a leap day, w****, or...
- metal dichalcogenides. One famous intercalation host is graphite, which intercalates pot****ium as a guest. Intercalation expands the van der Waals gap between...
- an intercalation site, allowing the ethidium to move away from the hydrophilic (aqueous) environment surrounding the DNA and into the intercalation site...
- also intercalate into graphite. Intercalation involves electron transfer into or out of the carbon sheets. So, in some sense, graphite intercalation compounds...
- In the last 8 years, the intercalation took place with the month of Mercedonius only 27 days, except the last intercalation which did not happen. Hence...
- Intercalated discs or lines of Eberth are microscopic identifying features of cardiac muscle. Cardiac muscle consists of individual heart muscle cells...
- È The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games (Gr****: Μεσολυμπιάδα, romanized: Mesolympiada, lit. 'Mesolympics'), held from 22 April 1906 to 2 May...
- word for "intercalation" (kabīsa). The Arabs, according to one explanation mentioned by Abu Ma'shar, learned of this type of intercalation from the Jews...
- brought into alignment with the solar year through some process of intercalation – such as by insertion of a leap month. The details of when months begin...