Splice

/ˈsplaɪ̯s/ · noun

Meaning

(nautical) A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together..

Definitions by Sense

1. (nautical) A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
2. (electricity) The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
3. (cricket) That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
4. Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
5. (genetics) The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. (slang) To unite in marriage.

Example Sentences

If the ball hits the splice, it is likely to dolly up for an easy catch.

But come, it's getting dreadful late, you had better be turning flukes--it's a nice bed; Sal and me slept in that ere bed the night we were spliced.

Ah! thinkin’ o’ gettin’ spliced, you two?

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

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• splices
• splicing
• spliced

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