intercalation
nounEtymology From Latin intercalō, from inter (“among”) + calō (“call out, proclaim”).
1
A period inserted into a calendar as in a leap year.
- Their exact relationship to the host-rock is obscure but from their texture and observed metamorphic relationship they are thought to be intrusive dykes rather than intercalations of more basic lava.1968, Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa, page 148:
- Derived terms
- bisintercalation, cointercalation, deintercalation, intercalation compound, monointercalation
- Related terms
- intercalant, intercalary, intercalate, intercalated, bissextile, bissextile month, bissextile year, leap year, leap day