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noun

Intercalation n.

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

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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... the Sothiac Period, or the period of Sothis, the Dog-Star, who, rising in the morning, fixed that epoch, so important to the people of Egypt. This year was also called the Heliac, that is the Solar year, and the Canicular year; and it consisted of three hundred and sixty-five days, without intercalation; so that at the end of four years, or of four times three hundred and sixty-five days, making 1460 days, it needed to add a day, to make four complete revolutions of the Sun. To correct this, some Nations made every fourth year consist, ...

— Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry • Albert Pike

Words linked to "Intercalation" : calendar, time interval, interval