Interaxal
(In`ter*ax"al) a. (Arch.) Situated in an interaxis. Gwilt.
Interaxillary
(In`ter*ax"il*la*ry) a. (Bot.) Situated within or between the axils of leaves.
Interaxis
(In`ter*ax"is) n.; pl. Interaxes (Arch.) The space between two axes. See Axis, 6.
The doors, windows, niches, and the like, are then placed centrally in the interaxes.
Gwilt. Interbastation
(In`ter*bas*ta"tion) n. [Pref. inter- + baste to sew.] Patchwork. [Obs.] Dr. J. Smith.
Interbrachial
(In`ter*brach"i*al) a. (Zoöl.) Between the arms.
Interbrain
(In`ter*brain`) n. (Anat.) See Thalamencephalon.
Interbranchial
(In`ter*bran"chi*al) a. (Zoöl.) Between the branchiæ.
Interbreed
(In`ter*breed") v. t. & i. To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.
Intercalar
(In*ter"ca*lar) a. Intercalary.
Intercalary
(In*ter"ca*la*ry) a. [L. intercalaris, intercalarius: cf. F. 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." Owen.
This intercalary line . . . is made the last of a triplet.
Beattie. Intercalary day (Med.), one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs. Mayne.
Intercalate
(In*ter"ca*late) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercalated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercalating ] [L. intercalatus,
p. p. of intercalare to intercalate to intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim. See Calendar.]
1. (Chron.) To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.
2. To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum,
between the layers of a regular series of rocks.
Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale.
Mantell. Intercalation
(In*ter`ca*la"tion) n. [L. intercalatio: cf. F. intercalation.]
1. (Chron.) The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.
2. The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in
a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers.
Intercalations of fresh-water species in some localities.
Mantell. Intercarotid
(In`ter*ca*rot"id) a. (Anat.) Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as,
an intercarotid ganglion.
Intercarpal
(In`ter*car"pal) a. (Anat.) Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations, ligaments.
