Intercalary

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  intercalary
       adj : added or having an addition to make the calender year
             correspond to the solar year; "Feb. 29 is an
             intercalary day"; "leap year is an intercalary year"