intercalary

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intercalary - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Intercalary \In*ter"ca*la*ry\ (?; 277), a. [L. intercalaris,
     intercalarius: cf. F. intercalaire. See Intercalate.]
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     1. (Chron.) Inserted or introduced among others in the
        calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now
        applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in
        the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.
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     2. Introduced or inserted among others; additional;
        supernumerary. "Intercalary spines." --Owen.
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              This intercalary line . . . is made the last of a
              triplet.                              --Beattie.
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     Intercalary day (Med.), one on which no paroxysm of an
        intermittent disease occurs. --Mayne.
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intercalary - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  intercalary
      adj 1: having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year
             correspond to the solar year: "Feb. 29 is an intercalary
             day"; "a leap year is an intercalary year"