splice
/splaɪs/
noun
- A joint or connection made by splicing, especially in rope, film, or tape.
- Check the splice in the rope to make sure it holds under pressure.
- He reinforced the splice with extra tape to prevent it from coming apart.
- The film had a visible splice where the two reels were joined.
verb
- To join or connect two pieces of rope, film, tape, or other material by interweaving or overlapping the ends.
- He spliced the audio tracks to create a seamless recording.
- The sailor taught me how to splice two ropes together securely.
- We need to splice the broken film reel before we can watch the movie.
- To join or combine two things, especially in genetics or computing, to create a new whole.
- They spliced the two data files to produce a complete report.
- Scientists can splice genes from different species to create new traits.
- The editor spliced scenes from two different movies into one video.