INTERCALATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intercalation mean? 

• INTERCALATION (noun)
  The noun INTERCALATION has 1 sense:

1. an insertion into a calendar

  Familiarity information: INTERCALATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERCALATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An insertion into a calendar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

embolism; intercalation

Hypernyms ("intercalation" is a kind of...):

interval; time interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)

Holonyms ("intercalation" is a part of...):

calendar (a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year)

 Context examples 

There are three major classes of binding modes: intercalation, groove binding and covalent crosslinking.

(DNA Binding Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

Intercalation inhibits topoisomerase II activity and causing DNA stand breakage, thereby leads to inhibition of DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis.

(Elinafide, NCI Thesaurus)

Although the exact mechanism of action remains to be elucidated, budotitane potentially binds either to macromolecules via coordinative covalent bonds, or via intercalation between nucleic acids strands by the aromatic ring of the beta-diketonate.

(Budotitane, NCI Thesaurus)

Elinafide contains two neutral chromophores joined by a cationic linker and is capable of bis-intercalation at the TpG and CpA steps of the DNA hexanucleotide.

(Elinafide, NCI Thesaurus)