to intercalate
- verb
- /ˌɪntərˈkeɪleɪt/
- Specialized
- The researchers decided to intercalate new data sets into their existing analysis to improve its accuracy.
- intercalate into DNA
Examples
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The wind blew autumn leaves into intercalated lines and arcs of force so regular you could photograph them for a textbook on Cramer's Rule and the cross-products of curves in 3-space.
Fiction book (1998) -
According to Batsakis et al., acinic cell carcinomas are derived from the intercalated ducts of the salivary duct and tubular system.
Academic text (2005) -
In part, too, how such research intercalates with other levels of data so as to constitute a theory-building part of the discipline remains an enigma.
Academic text (1995) -
During development, mesoderm cells accumulate and intercalate in dorsal regions via convergent extension 24.
Academic text (2018) -
The actin are filaments, thin filaments that intercalate between the the myosin thick filaments.
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These things attack any rapidly dividing cells, they screw up the cytoskeleton and intercalate DNA bases, and I can't see any amount of photonic mumbo-jumbo overcoming that.
Blog text (14) -
Noteworthy here is that, except between locations 2-4, all other sites are intercalated by river dams (Fig. 1). Because collections were opportunistic, not every species was sampled at every site (see Table 2).
Academic text (2018) -
We see it reflected darkly, as through a glass, in Fernando's "Informe sobre ciegos," a separate, intercalated text that stands framed and set apart from the rest of the novel, just as the window scene is set apart from the rest of Castel's painting.
Academic text (1995) -
You can intercalate additional chapters in the book to provide more context for the story.
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The architect plans to intercalate green spaces between the building's floors for better air quality.
Synonyms
To put something inside something else
To put or add something into another thing
To put pages or data between other pages to organize them
To put something into the middle of other things, like a sentence or talk
Surface Forms
Morphology
intercalate = inter + cal + ate
The general meaning 'insert between' can be partially inferred from 'inter-' and '-ate', but because 'cal' is not a recognizable standalone English morpheme the relation is only partly transparent to learners.
Etymology
Intercalate also breaks into inter- 'between' and calare, which gives the clear image of putting something 'between' two parts. That is why it can also mean to insert one thing between layers or existing elements.