splice

Meaning

Noun

1. A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
2. The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
3. That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
4. Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
5. The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.

Verb

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. (slang) To unite in marriage.
4. (figuratively) To unite as if splicing.
5. To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.
6. To add, remove and/or replace several array/data elements in one operation.

Synonyms

join

connect

marry

joint

lap joint

bind up

wed

couple

👫

interlock

unite

attach

tie

link up

link

🔗

splicing

mend

braid

brace

connection

associate

hook up

splice bar

splice bar

extend

knot

🪢

miter

junction

engage

dovetail

clip

dedicate

coupling

bud

coupler

connexion

annex

intertwine

conjunction

bond

inaugurate

implant

conjoin

interlace

hookup

conglutinate

interweave

ascribe

heir

hallow

confer

Translations

empalmar

empalmar

verbinden

giuntare

empalme

spleißen

raccorder

épissure

Klebung

épisser

giunzione

kleben

Verbindungsstelle

épissage

Verbindung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/splaɪs/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: splitsen

Cognate with German: spleißen

Cognate with French: épisser

In summary

Circa 1525, borrowed from Middle Dutch splissen (Modern Dutch splitsen); akin to Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”), German spleißen (“to split, splice”), Spliss (“split ends, hair breakage”), French épisser (also from Dutch). The Dutch word originally referred only to the fraying of the ropes' ends but was then also used for the entire process of fraying and retying; hence the peculiar semantic development from “split” to “join”. The same development occurred in German.