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s | intercalary |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective intercalary is

(of a time period) inserted between others; leap (as in leap day or leap year).

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    intercalary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a time period) inserted between others; leap (as in leap day or leap year)
  • (botany) 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.

    • Derived terms

    * intercalarily

    Related terms

    * intercalate * intercalation

    See also

    {{projectlinks , pedia, page1=intercalation , pedia, page2=Intercalation (chemistry) , pedia, page3=Intercalation (university administration)}} * bissextile * bissextile month * bissextile year * leap year * leap day