splice

English

/splaɪs/

noun
Definitions
  • (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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch splissen.

Origin

Middle Dutch

splissen

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