intercalary

adjective /ˌɪnt.ɚˈkæl.ɚ.i/

1. Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year)

2. Inserted between other things

   Breaks caused by chromosome aberrations in regions with repeats may not result in a sharp decline of viability, so that break points of chromosome rearrangements in intercalary heterochromatin may be more frequent than in other regions.

3. Inserted between other things — 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.

4. Inserted between other things — of a wing vein: between the major veins common to insect wings.

   ...two radial cells, second longer than first; intercalary fork fairly distinct; crossvein r-m vertical...

Where it comes from

From Latin intercalārius, from intercalāris, from intercalō, from inter (“among”) + calō (“call out, proclaim”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry intercalary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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