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intercalate

[in-tur-kuh-layt] / 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

As often as he meets with new groups, he must ascertain by superposition their age relatively to those first examined, and thus learn how to intercalate them in a tabular arrangement of the whole.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell

In this case, the palaeontologist is called upon suddenly to intercalate about 800 species of Mollusca and Radiata, between the fauna of the Lower Lias and that of the Middle Trias.

From The Antiquity of Man by Sir Charles Lyell

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

From History of Astronomy by George Forbes

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

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

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

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

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The Tempest has been dreadfully damaged by scenes intercalated by some common stage-adapter.

From Tennyson and His Friends 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

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

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

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

The regulations of Caesar were not at first sufficiently understood; and the pontiffs, by intercalating every third year instead of every fourth, at the end of thirty-six years had intercalated twelve times, instead of nine.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various


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