splice

[splaɪs]

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A splice is a cut or join made between two things.

When we talk about splicing something together, it means combining two parts that were previously separate. This can happen with words too - like when we take different recordings of the same song and edit them together to make one longer version. But most often people think of splicing as something done with wires or cables. Imagine you're trying to connect two computers with a long cord, but it's a bit too short. You might need to cut into the wire and then join the ends together again - that's a splice.

How common is "splice"?

Word splice is considered rare in modern English.
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.

Definitions

noun

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.

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verb

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.
Example: 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.

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