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splice

/splaɪs/

noun

Meaning

  • A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.

  • The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.

  • That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.

  • Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.

  • The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.

verb

Meaning

  • To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.

  • To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.

  • To unite in marriage.

  • To unite as if splicing.

    "He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition."

  • To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.