Intercalary
Intercalary (?; 277) , adjective
[Latin intercalaris, intercalarius: compare French intercalaire. See Intercalate.]
1.
(Chron.) Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.
2.
Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.
Intercalary spines.
This intercalary line... is made the last of a triplet.
Collocations (1)
Intercalary day (Medicine) , one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs. — Mayne