'Intercalating' definitions:

Definition of 'Intercalating'

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  • Intercalate \In*ter"ca*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercalated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercalating.] [L. intercalatus, p. p. of intercalare to intercalate to intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim. See Calendar.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. (Chron.) To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks. [1913 Webster]
  • Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale. --Mantell. [1913 Webster]

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