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Intercalation may refer to:

  • Intercalation (chemistry), insertion of a molecule (or ion) into layered solids such as graphite
  • Intercalation (timekeeping), insertion of a leap day, week or month into some calendar years to make the calendar follow the seasons
  • Intercalation (university administration), period when a student is officially given time off from studying for an academic degree
  • Intercalation (geology), a special form of interbedding, where two distinct depositional environments in close spatial proximity migrate back and forth across the border zone
  • Intercalary chapter, a chapter in a novel that does not further the plot. See also frame story (sometimes called intercalation).
  • In biology:
    • Intercalary segment, an appendage-less segment in the segmental composition of the heads of insects and Myriapoda
    • Intercalation (biochemistry), process discovered by Leonard Lerman by which certain drugs and mutagens insert themselves between base pairs of DNA
    • Intercalated cells of the amygdala
    • Intercalated cells of the collecting duct
    • Intercalated disc of cardiac muscle
    • Intercalated duct of exocrine glands

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Intercalation

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Look up intercalation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Intercalation may refer to: Intercalation (chemistry), insertion of a molecule (or ion) into...

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Intercalated disc

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Intercalated discs or lines of Eberth are microscopic identifying features of cardiac muscle. Cardiac muscle consists of individual heart muscle cells...

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Islamic calendar

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word for "intercalation" (kabīsa). The Arabs, according to one explanation mentioned by Abu Ma'shar, learned of this type of intercalation from the Jews...

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Graphite intercalation compound

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the area of solid state chemistry. graphite intercalation compounds are materials prepared by intercalation of diverse guests into graphite. The materials...

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Roman calendar

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In the last 8 years, the intercalation took place with the month of Mercedonius only 27 days, except the last intercalation which did not happen. Hence...

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1906 Intercalated Games

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The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games (Greek: Μεσολυμπιάδα, romanized: Mesolympiada, lit. 'Mesolympics') was an international multi-sport event...

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Lunar calendar

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brought into alignment with the solar year through some process of intercalation – such as by insertion of a leap month. The details of when months begin...

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Collecting duct system

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homeostasis, the intercalated cells play important roles in the kidney's response to acidosis and alkalosis. Damage to the α-intercalated cell's ability...

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Julian calendar

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which point the priests inserted the first intercalation, Caesar's intention was to make the first intercalation at the beginning of the fifth year (February...

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Intercalated seizure

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An intercalated seizure is an epileptic seizure that occurs during the aura stage of a migraine. It has been found, in some cases, that this type of seizure...

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Lex Acilia de Intercalando

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Republic. Varro cites instances of intercalation at least as early as the 5th century BC. Alternatively, intercalation is sometimes said to have begun with...

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Titanium disulfide

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change with intercalation, describes changes in the electronic properties upon intercalation. Deintercalation is the opposite of intercalation; the cations...

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Year

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Any calendar that follows an astronomical year must have a system of intercalation such as leap years. In the Julian calendar, the average (mean) length...

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Interpolation theory

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The Interpolation Theory, also known as the Intercalation Theory or the Antithetic Theory, is a theory that attempts to explain the origin of the alternation...

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Intercalated nucleus

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Intercalated nucleus (nucleus intercalatus) called also Staderini nucleus is a group of nerve cells in the medulla oblongata, between the dorsal nucleus...

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Layered double hydroxides

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2-benzenedicarboxylate) results in intercalation of the 1,4-isomer with almost 100% preference. The selective intercalation of ions such as benzenedicarboxylates...

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Cardiac muscle

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circulation. It is composed of individual cardiac muscle cells joined by intercalated discs, and encased by collagen fibers and other substances that form...

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