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What is an intercalation?

What is an intercalation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A period inserted into a calendar as in a leap year.
  2. (chemistry) The reversible insertion of a molecule between two others.
  3. (geology) A layer introduced into a pre-existing sequence.
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Had he done so it would now fall on the 24th, by adopting the Gregorian rule of intercalation.
It involved using a second intercalation compound to play host to the lithium ions at the negative electrode.
In this case, intercalation compounds were an offshoot of pure research into superconductivity.
There was an intercalation made in the calendar this year, which took place on the day after the feast of Terminus.
They divide the year into twelve months of thirty days, and add five days by intercalation.
Each step in this chain of events is potentially sensitive to thalidomide intercalation.

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