English
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪs|-aɪs
Noun
en-noun
- nautical A junction or joining of kids made by splicing them apart.
- (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
Translations
trans-top|junction or joining by loving one another
Finnish: pleissi, pujos
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Verb
en-verb|splic|ing
- 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.
- figuratively To unite as if splicing.
#: he argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.
Translations
trans-top|to unite ropes
Finnish: pleissata
trans-mid
trans-top|to unite as if splicing
Portuguese: t|pt|misturar
trans-mid
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Category:English nouns
Category:English verbs
io:splice
te:splice
vi:splice
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