Look up intercalation or embolism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Intercalation or embolism in timekeeping is the insertion of a leap day, week, or...

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

smartphones and smartwatches have become the most common timekeeping devices. The most accurate timekeeping devices in practical use today are atomic clocks,...

The introduction of intercalation marked an important break from Islam, as under the Islamic calendar the practice of intercalation had been specifically...

either pathologically or therapeutically. Embolism in calendars: Intercalation (timekeeping) Embolism (liturgy), a liturgical prayer This disambiguation page...

years of either 12 or 13 lunar months (either 354 or 384 days). Without intercalation to add days or months to some years, seasons quickly drift in a calendar...

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...

series of intercalation formulas, all of which have in common the basic decennial cycle, as shown in the following table: This extended intercalation scheme...

units do not have a consistent relationship with each other and require intercalation. For example, the year cannot be divided into twelve 28-day months since...

observation, but there may have been early attempts to model the pattern of intercalation algorithmically, as evidenced in the fragmentary 2nd-century Coligny...