Splice
1Splice — may refer to:* Connection of two or more pieces of linear material: ** Rope splicing, joining two pieces of rope or cable by weaving the strands of each into the other ** Eye splice, the best method of creating a permanent loop in the end of… …
2Splice — Données clés Titre québécois Nouvelle espèce Titre original Splice Réalisation Vincenzo Natali Scénario Vincenzo Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant et Doug Taylor Pays d’origine …
3Splice — (spl[imac]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spliced} (spl[imac]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Splicing}.] [D. splitsen, splitten; akin to G. splissen, Sw. splissa, Dan. splisse, and E. split; from the dividing or splitting the ends into separate strands. See… …
4splice — (v.) 1520s, originally a sailors word, from M.Du. splissen to splice, ultimately from PIE * (s)plei to split, splice (see FLINT (Cf. flint)). The Dutch word was borrowed in French as épisser. Used of motion picture film from 1912; of DNA from… …
5splice — ► VERB 1) join (a rope or ropes) by interweaving the strands at the ends. 2) join (pieces of timber, film, or tape) at the ends. 3) Genetics join or insert (a gene or gene fragment). ► NOUN ▪ a spliced join. ● get spliced Cf. ↑ …
6Splice — Splice, n. A junction or joining made by splicing. [1913 Webster] …
7splice — index combine (join together), connection (fastening), intertwine, join (bring together) Burton s Legal Thesaurus …
8splice — splīs vt, spliced; splic·ing to combine or insert (as genes) by genetic engineering <spliced a human gene for insulin into a bacterium> see GENE SPLICING …
9splice — [v] join, interweave braid, entwine, graft, hitch, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, knit, marry, mate, mesh, plait, tie, unite, weave, wed, yoke; concept 193 Ant. divide, separate, sever …
10splice — [splīs] vt. spliced, splicing [MDu splissen, akin to splitten, to SPLIT] 1. to join or unite (ropes or rope ends) by weaving together the end strands 2. to join the ends of (timbers) by overlapping and binding or bolting together 3. to fasten the …
