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Definition of "intercalated" [intercalated]

  • Simple past tense and past participle of intercalate. (verb)
  • Interleaved, formed in distinctly alternating layers. (adjective)

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Use "intercalated" in a sentence
  • "The junction point with surrounding cells is characterized by dark transverse bands called intercalated discs."
  • "On stairs that can be intercalated anywhere, like those that Hermes won with the dice of the moon, that Osiris might be born."
  • "The extremes in alternation are to be found in cyclothimia and manic-depressive psychoses, which may or may not be intercalated by periods of equilibrium."
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