INTERCALATION

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.

2.
n.

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.