splice

/splaɪs/
noun
  1. 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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