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intercalate

[in-tur-kuh-leyt] / ɪnˈtɜr kəˌleɪt /










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“The messenger RNA from the vaccine does not form a triple helix, and it certainly doesn’t intercalate with the DNA to form a triple helix in any way,” Kuritzkes said.

From Seattle Times Oct. 7, 2022

To prevent this it was customary at regular intervals to intercalate days or months.

From History of Astronomy by George Forbes

The viewer can even intercalate any person in the cast, even himself or herself, and deliver a character's lines.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin

The era began on the 11th of July 552, and their year is vague, that is to say, it does not intercalate a day in February every fourth year, like the Julian calendar.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

To rectify this discrepancy we must intercalate 10 minutes by stopping the clock until it is 6 by the regulator.

From Our Calendar by George Nichols Packer

Therefore, much lab work has been needed to devise new intercalated materials for imparting next-generation device functionalities.

From Science Daily Apr. 1, 2024

This work is an important step forward in minimizing the laborious lab work that's typically required to prepare intercalated materials.

From Science Daily Apr. 1, 2024

Unfortunately, it's difficult to identify in advance which of the many possible intercalated materials are stable, which necessitates a lot of trial-and-error lab work in product development.

From Science Daily Apr. 1, 2024

It has one nucleus per cell, is branched, and is distinguished by the presence of intercalated disks.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Monocyclica Inadunata.—Monocyclica in which the dorsal cup is confined to the patina and occasional intercalated anals; such ambulacrals or interambulacrals as enter the tegmen remain supra-tegminal and not rigidly united.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

When they link up, they form intercalating discs that allow the cells to communicate with each other and begin contracting in synchrony.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

The old practice of intercalating a month was of course dropped.

From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Aubrey Stewart

It has always sought to bring the divine into human life by intercalating acts of God among facts of nature.

From Outspoken Essays by William Ralph Inge

Thus, after intercalating in year one, they intercalated again in year four, instead of in year five.

From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Aubrey Stewart

The Vicar, dishevelled and desperate, intercalating spasmodic remorse and apprehension with broken explanations of the Theory of Etiquette.

From The Wonderful Visit by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells




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