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intercalant

intercalant noun: any molecule that intercalates, or is inserted, between two others.

Noun

intercalant (plural intercalants)

  1. Any molecule that intercalates, or is inserted, between two others

Forms of intercalant

pluralintercalants

Origin of intercalant

Borrowed from French intercalant, from Latin intercalantem, accusative of intercalans.

Questions about intercalant

What does intercalant mean?
Intercalant means any molecule that intercalates, or is inserted, between two others.
What part of speech is intercalant?
Intercalant is a noun.
What is the plural of intercalant?
The plural of intercalant is intercalants.

Words near intercalant in the dictionary

  1. interbyte
  2. intercadence
  3. intercadent
  4. intercaecal
  5. intercal
  6. intercalant
  7. intercalants
  8. intercalar
  9. intercalaries
  10. intercalarily
  11. Intercalaris

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