intercalating in English

verb
1
interpolate (an intercalary period) in a calendar.
To keep the lunar calendar synchronized with the solar year, an extra month was intercalated in summer as necessary, in so-called ‘embolismic’ years.
2
insert (something) between layers in a crystal lattice, geological formation, or other structure.
These four layers are intercalated by thick silty to sandy sequences.

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1. Acridine orange is an intercalating dye that can permeate both live and dead cells

2. For example, the nuclear Counterstaining is carried out by using DNA helix intercalating dyes such as DAPI and Hoechst which can penetrate the …

3. 27 Intercalating the rib stiffeners of web, end-plate and reinforcement plate will greatly enhance carrying capacity of connections and initial connection stiffness.

4. Additionally, accumulations of Actomyosin were observed at the shrinking junction of intercalating Xenopus neural epithelial cells, consistent with the junction rearrangement model proposed by Rauzi et al

5. Biaryl derivatives that consist of one DNA‐intercalating unit and a sterically demanding component exhibit a specific behavior towards Abasic site‐containing DNA (AP‐DNA) as determined by thermal DNA denaturation experiments, spectrometric titrations and CD spectroscopic analysis.