splice
IPA: spɫˈaɪs
noun
- (nautical) A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
- (electrical) The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
- (cricket) That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
- Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
- (genetics) The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.
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.
- (slang) To unite in marriage.
- (figuratively) To unite as if splicing.
- (genetics) To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.
- (software development) To add, remove and/or replace several array/data elements in one operation.
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