Definition of intercalary Intercalary
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We found 7 definitions of intercalary from 4 different sources.
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What does intercalary mean?
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| intercalary - 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" |
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Wiktionary 
- intercalary (Adjective)
Of a day: extra day or days inserted into a calendar. - intercalary (Adjective)
Of a month: extra month inserted into a calendar. The Hebrew calendar has such a month. - intercalary (Adjective)
Of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- intercalary (a.)
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. - intercalary (n.)
Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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intercalary
Any period of time interpolated in the calendar for the purpose of accommodating the mode of reckoning with the course of the sun.
