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Intercalary adj.

(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.

Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary. "Intercalary spines." "This intercalary line... is made the last of a triplet."

Intercalary day (Med.), one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs.

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