intercalate

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.
2. verb To insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose, such as for the Hebrew calendar.
3. verb To insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues.
4. verb To insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word.
5. noun An atom or molecule, or a substance, that enters between the layers of the crystal lattice of another substance, especially that of graphite.
6. noun A compound formed by foreign atoms or molecules entering between the layers of a crystal lattice, especially that of graphite.

Similar words

ink in enschedule calendarise interdate intervene overdate supercalender intercome interlinearize calendar

Often followed by

into between the with layer layers in a and

Word family

intercalated intercalates intercalating intercalation intercalations